Jesse Kershaw
New Member
I have a cottage that currently has an indirect heat Amtrol WH-7L water heater that has started leaking.
Because it's mostly used for summer the water heater is working to heat the water heater when the boiler isn't working otherwise. And in the winter we keep the heat on low but again I assume there is energy being used to keep the water hot.
After seeing the price of a replacement unit ($1100) I'm considering installing a tankless water heater instead.
My thinking is it will be more efficient for the intermittent use of a second home. It's several hundred dollars cheaper for one the size I need (single bath) condensing. And I don't have much experience with boilers and infect heaters but I'm familiar tankless water heaters.
Cons: I have to run the gas line, run a PVC exhaust, put in a pump for the condensation.
Thoughts on this? Would I save enough to make it worth the hassle?
Thanks
Jesse
Because it's mostly used for summer the water heater is working to heat the water heater when the boiler isn't working otherwise. And in the winter we keep the heat on low but again I assume there is energy being used to keep the water hot.
After seeing the price of a replacement unit ($1100) I'm considering installing a tankless water heater instead.
My thinking is it will be more efficient for the intermittent use of a second home. It's several hundred dollars cheaper for one the size I need (single bath) condensing. And I don't have much experience with boilers and infect heaters but I'm familiar tankless water heaters.
Cons: I have to run the gas line, run a PVC exhaust, put in a pump for the condensation.
Thoughts on this? Would I save enough to make it worth the hassle?
Thanks
Jesse