I have a large family 4 of us there full time and 2 stepkids w/ friends over every weekend and I have read that the more people you have in your home the less one of these tankless water heaters will work for you. Is there a special size I should look into getting or stay with a standard tank water heater? Also does anyone know how much money it will save me our house is 100% electric.

I want to buy a tankless hot water heater to service the entire house (let's say 4 GPM range or up). I'm looking for a recommendation where/what to buy. I prefer electric but could do natural gas/electric. I would also like someone else to install it and remove the old water heater.

If you have links to any other material that might help I would appreciate that as well.

Thanks

We have a Pulsacoil "heating system" for our 2-bed flat and we had to have the timing switches changed because the old one had stopped working. The problem is, our plumber said that they don't do the old switches anymore and installed an Economy 7 switch. Now we have some hot water in the morning, but virtually none in the evening, and as we work shifts we need hot water on demand. We have to use the boost button all the time which costs us MORE money! Can anyone tell us if this is normal?

We need a new water heater and are very torn between a tank, a tankless gas, and a tankless electric. We're leaning towards the electric. Any advice?

Should I get a gas or electric? How many gpm should I get?
What's cheaper? Cheaper in the long run?
3 people in household = 3 showers a day, sometimes 2 people
may take showers at same time. Laundry - 3X a week.
Or should I stick to the water heaters with tanks?

We currently have a standard 60 gallon water heater. It is a long run to the bathrooms, so we have a hot water recirculating pump. But my wife likes to take baths in our large tub, and often there is not enough hot water for her to be comfortable - sometimes there's plenty, sometimes hardly any.

Our water heater is about 15 years old, but seems to be operating fine.

Which of these options or upgrades do you recommend, or do you have another suggestion?

1. Turn off the recirculating pump and just live with the long wait for hot water at the business end of the house (seems that wastes a lot of water).

2. Buy a water heater with a larger tank (maybe 90 gallons?)

3. Replace the water heater with an on-demand water heater for the whole house

4. Keep the w/h with the tank but add an in-line, on demand heater just before the two distant bathrooms

5. Add a supplemental water heater with a small tank just before the two distant bathrooms

Those are the options I thought of, maybe there are others. Also, what should I do with the recirculating system in each of these scenarios?

I'd like to get unbiased opinions from the good folks here first. I know local water heater sellers could make suggestions, but I know they'd only recommend whatever products they personally sell, which may or may not be the best solution for me.

All advice will be greatly appreciated!

I have 2 propane hot water heaters that were involved in the recent flooding in RI. After the river left the basement, I was able to light both again, and one works fine. The other pilot lights fine and it fires up the burner fine and brings the water up to temperature, but later isn't working. I am not positive yet if the pilot light is going out or if the pilot is working and it just doesn't re-fire. (Getting this info from a tenant!!) I believe the pilot light is going out though. Any thoughts on how to sort this out?

I would like to know the best places to look for a tank less water heater that uses liquid propane gas.

I have an on demand electric water heater installed. Problem is when you turn on the hot and cold water in the shower or sink the cold water pressure turns off the water heater. How can I make the cold and hot water pressure equal? The cheapest solution would be the best.

In CA. I have 3 showers, 5 sinks, and 3 toilets. I would like to hear from someone with experience to tell me what the difference is in their PG&E bill is.
I can do all the plumbing and gas piping myself

Heres my main question. I'm looking at installing a tankless water heater and was wondering if anyione who had a 35 gallon electric water heater prior could give me an estimate on how much money they saved on there electric bill once they switched , If any?