Why choose tankless water heaters? Water-heaters are an essential part of your home’s plumbing. Most homes in America have them installed. Charleston plumbers have a great reputation when it comes to installation. Though colder weather is not as common in Charleston, it still happens and no one wants to shower with cold water during a cold snap. Plumbers in Charleston take this into account during installation and they also offer the installation of tankless water heaters. There are many advantages to having a tankless water heater compared to a tank heater.
One: As any plumber will tell you, tank heaters will heat the water up all the time, even if no one is using it. This makes your bill a lot higher than it would be with a tankless water heater. If hot water in a tank is not used, the energy put into heating the water is wasted and therefore your money is also wasted. During cold weather this happens at an even faster rate. Tankless water heaters only heat up your water when it needs to be heated. This will help you in the long run in saving money.
Two: Charleston plumbers hear all the time about people running out of hot water when they have a house full of people all needing a shower in the morning. Thankfully, tankless water heaters remove this problem completely. They are on demand heaters, not relying on a full tank to be heated and distributed, they are drawing directly from the pipes feeding into the house and therefore giving the people of the house unlimited hot-water. So not only is the tankless water heater more energy efficient, it is more productive.
Three: Tankless water heaters are good for the environment. You are using less energy (gas or electric) to heat the water you are also lessening the effects of greenhouse gasses on the atmosphere. Plumbers in Charleston, if they are environmentally conscious, will agree the environmental impact of saving water with a tankless water heater. With a traditional heater you have to run the water until it becomes warm, a tankless water heater has warm water immediately.
Four: Most importantly, tank waterheaters can become breeding grounds for the bacterium “legionella” which can be dangerous to your family. Tankless water heaters eliminate this problem before it starts since there is no tank for this bacterium to spread.
