Birmingham Tankless Water Heaters
Congratulations on your interest in tankless water heating technology! Whether you are just beginning your investigation or have already decided to “go tankless” and are now just trying to figure out which one, we at The Master’s Plumbing Company hope this information provided by our Birmingham tankless water heaters specialists will help you.
For those who are just beginning to look into Birmingham tankless water heaters here is a short list of the reasons why you should invest in this technology.
*NEVER ENDING HOT WATER! With a properly sized system you can run every hot water outlet in your home simultaneously and never run out of hot water!
*MUCH HIGHER EFFICIENCY. Most any new, traditional, tank type water heater will be roughly 60% efficient right out of the box. This means that 40% of the heat you generate in an effort to heat your water, goes right out the flue without doing any useful work. Tankless units on the other hand will have efficiency ratings of 83% – 93%! This means you save energy and money!
*LONGEVITY AND REPAIRABILITY! Anything made by man will fail one day. Tankless units are very durable however, lasting as much as 3 times as long as traditional tank type water heaters. We replace a lot of water heaters all across the Birmingham Metro area as well as all points “over the mountain”. Very often we might like to suggest a repair to a tank type water heater but because of the age of the tank it just doesn’t make sense to repair it. The average age of a failed water heater tank is about 10 years (depending on who you ask and who the manufacturer is). So even though a repair might often times put the home owner back in hot water (please pardon the pun), because of the age of the tank it makes more sense to replace the entire thing. With Birmingham tankless water heaters this is not the case. If a component of a tankless unit fails, we replace that part. There is no tank to fail and every part is replaceable so you are not looking at replacement of the entire unit every 8 – 12 years! Now it’s true a tank type water heater can last much longer than 10 years but it is becoming more and more rare.
*SPACE SAVINGS! Birmingham tankless water heaters are wall mounted which means you can free up from 9 to 18 square feet of floor space. For some this may not be such a big deal but for others it is a huge bonus!
*TANKLESS IS GREEN!!! Most units are about the size of a medium sized suit case which means they require less steel, copper, brass, etc. Combine this with the higher efficiency of tankless and the fact that you can heat water to a lower temperature since you are not storing any water and the positive environmental effects of going tankless are significant.
Ok, so you’ve succumbed to our powerfully, persuasive, argument in favor of tankless technology, but which one? Well this is a very important question! While the properly sized unit from the right manufacturer will supply you with many years of heavenly, hot water, the wrong unit from the wrong manufacturer, installed by someone who doesn’t know what they are doing, will leave you miserable and mad!
At The Master’s Plumbing Company We love Noritz! We’ve installed all of the major brands and worked on some other brands (which we would never agree to install!). Forget all the slick marketing and trust your Birmingham plumber! Noritz is the greatest value and the best product on the market today.
We are absolutely sold on this technology and would love the opportunity to consult with you about a new tankless water heater in Birmingham!
