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An idea for you - consider an electric tanked with a drain water heat recovery unit. Even lower energy usage than a tankless, and while you can still run out of
by ip26 5y ago
An idea for you - consider an electric tanked with a drain water heat recovery unit. Even lower energy usage than a tankless, and while you can still run out of hot water the DWHR significantly accelerates the re-heating. The DWHR unit should last basically forever.
This is what I did, been very happy. Total cost wasn't more than $1,600 (DIY). Tankless is a nice idea but was just too complicated to ever pay for itself as a retrofit.
- ip26 5y agoJust to be explicit on the cost, it was something like: Electric Tanked WH: $600 DWHR: $800 Parts, pipe, new electrical circuit, new breaker, etc: $200