Originally Posted By: Dignan

It sure will! And it'll demolish my bank account "on the fly" too! smile

I'd LOVE to get a tankless heater, but cost is the #1 issue. Not only do they tend to run at least twice (usually three times) what our 75 gallon heater cost, they also don't deliver enough hot water for our shower. We did go a bit all out on our master bath, with four body jets, rainshower, and handheld shower. Even with just the body jets there isn't a tankless heater on the market that can keep up, particularly in the winter.

It's possible to actually combine two tankless heaters, but then we're talking somewhere in the range of $4-6K, and that's just for parts.

Granted, some of the money I'd spend on a tankless would be made up in energy savings, but the initial investment is SO high.


I got my tankless when I started working out of the house. My tank heater was lighting up about 10 times a day when no one was using it and had deteriorated over a few years to delivering less than 10 minutes of hot water.

I got a Rinnai from some local supply house, I think the largest they make. It can keep up with my dual head shower (with low flow stuff removed), the clothes washer, and dish washing.

As I recall, the Rinnai was about $1K and I put it in myself. Actually, I had installed a Sakura from Taiwan I self imported before the Rinnai. That thing was awesome, $200 and it could deliver boiling water at the tap. I had to replace it after a couple of years tho...