Posted: 3/27/2008 7:53:16 PM EDT
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This may not be the right area,but I just bought 13 acres in the country and we're building a new house. There is no gas line available and was wondering if anyone had any experience with the tankless water heaters with propane?Would an electric would be as good?The house is going to be wired for a generator in case of power failure. A builder I talked to said his brother had a tankless system and the propane cost was killing him. Anyone have any experiences with pools?That is the only thing my wife wants-I'm against it,but I do get to have my shooting range etc... |
+1 I just spent a five day weekend at my aunts cabin with a propane tankless water heater. Propane is expensive, but your not paying to heat the water when you don't need it. It doesn't take very long for the hot water to reach the faucet and once it does you will not run out. When the water heater in my house goes out I will replace it with a tankless. |
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I've been researching for my next house. Apparently, the tankless are very good, but they do eat up the gas. From what I've been reading (i.e. NO REAL EXPERIENCE HERE) the tankless can be a good supplement to a solar hot water system. That's the direction I'm taking, but it is a bigger initial investment. Our theory of house construction is to build a sustainable house for the long term and emphasize lowering the future operating costs (think super insulated, low power draw, rain water catchment, solar hot water for both domestic water and radient floor and a heat coil built into the masonry heater). R. |