Why You Should Install a Tankless Water Heater!

Water heaters are seldom on any Omaha homeowner’s mind until they fail. But these appliances don’t last forever, so sooner or later you will have to replace yours. In Omaha, most older homes are equipped with traditional tank-style water heaters, which keep a large reservoir of water hot and ready to use. If your water heater has sprung a leak, or the heating element has failed, you may want to consider installing a tankless water heater in your Omaha home. These modern appliances offer a number of advantages over tank-style water heaters, including:

Increased Hot Water Availability

In many households, family members need to carefully plan their showers around each others’ schedules.

If there are three or more people living in your home, a tank-style water heater simply does not hold enough water to allow everyone to shower one after the other. The reservoir can quickly be depleted, and you will have to wait half an hour or more for the water heater to warm up a new quantity of water. A tankless model heats water as you need it, so any number of people can take showers one right after another, or even simultaneously in different bathrooms if you choose a unit that can supply that rate of flow.

Decreased Energy Bills

Whether they use gas or electricity, tank-style water heaters consume energy 24 hours a day, even when you’re not at home. This is because the heating element must constantly work to keep the water at the temperature on the heater’s thermostat, even when all your taps are closed and no one is in the home. The energy wasted by a water heater is called standby heat loss, and if the appliance is located in an un-insulated basement, it may be costing you extra money. Since a tankless water heater is only on when you are using water, it produces no standby heat loss at all.

Reduced Risk of Water Damage

Tank-style water heaters pose an increasing risk of damage in your home as they age. The liner of the tank can deteriorate, and sediment from dissolved minerals in your municipal water supply can build up on the heating element, causing the water heater to fail or spring a leak. If a tank-style water heater leaks, the large quantity of hot water that spills on the floor can damage your floors and promote bacteria growth, requiring expensive cleanup and damage remediation.

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