Replacing Your Water Heater - Consider Going Tankless

Many homeowners in Wilmington, especially those that live in older houses, have experienced an inconvenient morning shower time crunch. In the rush to get clean and get out of the house before work or school, you may run out of hot water before every member of your family has had the chance to bathe. As your water heater ages, these incidents may become more and more frequent, until the time comes to replace this crucial appliance. When you are deciding on a new water heater, consider installing a tankless model. You can discover how tankless water heaters work and the advantages they offer by reading on.

On-Demand Water Heating

Traditional water heaters have large tanks that hold many gallons of water. An electric or gas heating element inside the tank warms the water to your desired temperature, and when you open a hot water tap in a kitchen or bathroom, or run a cycle on hot in your clothes washer, the hot water level is depleted and cool water flows into the tank. If you use up all the hot water rapidly, as in the shower scenario described above, you may run out of hot water faster than the heater can warm it up. Tankless water heaters utilize the latest technology to simply heat water as you need it, so there’s no chance of running out.

Convenient Unlimited Hot Water

Because they are smaller than traditional water heaters, tankless models can be installed in different locations in your home. You may wish to install one water heater that serves every tap in your house, or you could choose to install several smaller models close to each point of use, so that hot water usage in the kitchen doesn’t affect hot water availability in the bathroom, or vice versa. Depending on the model and size you choose, you may even be able to wash dishes and do laundry during your shower without losing any hot water!

Lower Utility Bills

No matter how new or modern a tank-style water heater is, it will always be less efficient than a tankless, on-demand water heater. Tank-style water heaters consume gas or electricity even when you aren’t at home, because they have to constantly generate thermal energy in order to keep the large reservoir of water they contain hot and ready when you need it. The energy they burn is called standby heat loss, and with older models standby heat loss can be expensive. Tankless models completely eliminate standby heat loss because they only heat water as you need it.

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