New regulations for water heaters are about to go into effect. To meet the new standards, manufacturers are going to make water heater walls thicker, which means a new one may not fit into the space the old one occupied. So, homeowners will either have to enlarge the space somehow (costly), or buy a lower capacity water heater. If you think you might need a water heater soon, you might want to consider getting it now.
“New regulations for water heaters are about to go into effect. To meet the new standards, manufacturers are going to make water heater walls thicker, which means a new one may not fit into the space the old one occupied. So, homeowners will either have to enlarge the space somehow (costly), or buy a lower capacity water heater. If you think you might need a water heater soon, you might want to consider getting it now.”
You might consider getting a tankless water heater. We’ve had one for thirteen years, and it has’t missed a beat. All the hot water you need when you need it. You never run out, and you don’t have 40 or 50 gallons of water waiting to leak out when you aren’t at home. When the hot tub needs a refill, no problem, just run a hose out to the damned thing and in an hour its full of hot water. No waiting for the electric heater to take a day to warm it up, and no big electric bill for so doing.
Tank type water heaters are high button shoes technology.