Water Heaters - Upgrading hot water

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Reyno
04-30-08, 02:14 PM
i have an old school hot water heater I was thinking of switching to tankless my brother has a Takagi tankless heater with him his wife and 2 kids he says it works great I think he said he had a tk-3 I did a search and found some here http://www.houseneeds.com/shop/HeatingProducts/WaterHeating/takagi/takagitk3buy.asp

But for me its just me and my wife would a tk-jr that houseneeds has also be better for us?

Michael Thomas
04-30-08, 02:37 PM
If you are using firefox or IE 6 you can read about my experiences with tankless water heaters in my house, rentals and at home inspections in the Chicago climate here (http://paragoninspects.com/tankless-heater-home-inspection-evanston-chicago-il-faq.html).

Unfortunately the page does not display properly in IE 7, I'm currently working on getting that fixed.
DIYAnswerguy
04-30-08, 03:28 PM
If you go to this site there is alot of great information. Tank less is the way to go! Noritz and Seisco are the best.
If you are going electric have your electrician make sure you have enough space for the breakers.

speedymonk
04-30-08, 03:59 PM
If you are going electric have your electrician make sure you have enough space for the breakers.

And sufficient additional service for the increased amperage draw. You'll probably need a second 200 amp panel. My electric tankless draws 130 amps.