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Live Help! Now Available
Jun 23rd
Live Tankless Water Heater Help
We get tonnes of emails everyday regarding tankless water heaters, installation, costs associated and grant rebates. In an effort to provide faster and more direct contact to people we have installed a new live help feature. It should be located in the bottom corner of your screen and if you have any questions just type them in and you will get an immediate response. 
Feel free to ask our representatives anything, as they are well versed in the ontario and Canadian grants as well as tankless water heater specifications. Even if they dont know, someone in the office is bound to have an answer.
If were not online feel free to fill out one of the request forms and we will get back to you (usually within 24 hours) Form HERE. Remember information is always free.
Tankless Rental Program
May 20th
Tankless Rentals
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Home owners in Ontario, Toronto, Burlington, Hamilton, Etobicoke and the GTA are now able to rent a tankless hot water heater instead of the conventional tank type. A tankless system heats water on demand 
or as required by a home owner and provides an endless supply. A conventional tank heats water all day long and wastes energy.
This is a worry free rental program that gives home owners the option to go tankless without the upfront costs. Switching out your old tank is easy as expert installers will remove the old tank and replace it with the new tankless system. The old tank will, if you own it be recycled or if it’s a rental returned to the company that you’re currently with.
This should all take less than 4 hours and you can be saving over a 1000 pounds of CO2 a year.
Fill out this quick form and we will have someone contact you within 24 hours to answer any question and find out if a tankless will work in your home.
Solar Water Heater and Tankless Update
Apr 21st
Solar Water Heater and Tankless
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One of our readers is working on installing a domestic solar hot water heater in conjunction with a tankless. They were going to go with a Rheem tankless to offset any additinonal temperature increase that was needed over the solar gains. Unfortunately they found out that the particular unit that they were planning on using senses the incoming water temperature, buy ‘ignores’ water that is within 40F of the target temp (ie. the unit won’t cut on to work). This has caused them some problems because:
1) The max output on any residential line is 120F (49C) (this is canadian law it cant be any hotter than this in a residential home).
2) If the solar heated water comes in at 100F (37C) or warmer, the unit will not kick on. This means the output is 37C, a cold shower to be sure.
3) If you go to the commerical unit, the max temp is 180F. This much too hot for residential use (think of someone turning on the hot water at the sink to do dishes), but it would work from the 40F differential standpoint (ie. if the water is 60C or colder, then the unit will fire, anything warmer than 60C doesn’t matter as it would be warm enough for a shower). Again this is illegal in Canada as the Max allowed Temperature is 120F.
The best solution is to more to a Rinnai Tankless water heater as this unit only requires there to be a 20 degree farenheight differentiation between water to be heated and heated water. Therfor your shower will at the very least be 100 degrees farenheight which is plenty warm enough.
These co-heating water heating systems are quite complicated so its important that you talk to a prefessional regarding any plans that you have for your home or cottage. Feel free to send us an email if you have any questions.
Tankless Purchasing Guide
Jan 28th
Guide For Tankless Purchase
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Did you know that in your home you are probably paying $60.00 or more per month to simply maintain the heat in a conventional tank type heater? How is this possible? Its simple, your regular tank loses its heat up the flue, or out the chimney, then when the water cools it reheats, and send more money and heat out the chimney. This is occurring even while you’re sleeping or at work.
You likely use most of your hot water in the evenings and morning, do you ever run out? Tankless water heaters are able to overcome these problems. A tankless never runs out of water and can have efficiencies in the high 90’s, you will never run out of hot water in your shower with a tankless.
All of the Earths resources are finite and thus as supplies become scarcer prices will continue to increase, minimizing your consumption reduces your bills. A tankless uses energy only when you ask it to provide hot water, a conventional take keeps water hot even when you’re not there, costing you money. Tankless water heaters will save you more money over their lifespan (20 plus years) than it will cost for the new unit. Plus a Tankless water heater takes up limited amounts of space, is easy to clean, and is easily operated.
Tankless Brand and Venting. With all the different brands available to consumers there is a plethora of venting options to vent the various units. Some tankless water heaters can be vented horizontally and others can vent vertically. The majority of tankless water heaters also have computerized safety devices to protect consumers. Most conventional tanks don’t have these advanced safety features.
Applications and Uses. Some applications of tankless water heaters are: boats, mobile homes, RV’s, and radiant heating systems.
Return on investment. The payback period for tankless water heater is between 3 to 7 years, this is dependent on both energy cost and personal use. If you are a high hot water consumer it will speed up the payback process, if you normally use very little hot water then the payback takes a little longer. Remember though, tankless hot water heaters experience zero standby heat loss and this are much more efficient than conventional tanks.
Energy Audits. Currently the Ontario Government has an incentive program that promotes home energy efficiency. It starts with a home energy audit that assesses the current efficiency of your home, after it is completed a report outlining the current state is sent to the home owner. There is an 18 month period for any renovations to take place; once they are completed a follow up audit is preformed to confirm that all retrofits have been accomplished. At this point grants and incentives are sent from the government to the retrofitted home owner to offset some of the costs.Just installing a tankless water heater qualifies you for $500. Check out the Audit page HERE.
Tankless Lifespan. The expected life of a tankless water heater is roughly 20 years. We have customers who still have their tankless water heaters and it has been in service for more than 20 years. A major reason for this is that tankless water heaters are serviceable, unlike conventional (disposable) tank type water heaters.
Find out more. Tankless water heaters will serve you and your homes hot water needs for years to come with reliable performance. It is important that you size and install them correctly for this type of performance. This is where we at the Tankless Hot Water Guide can help, fill out the contact form and we will contact you to set up a free In Home Consultation. The REP will be able to guide you in your purchase by measuring your water consumption and advising you as to where a tankless can be installed.
The Tankless Hot Water Myth
Dec 17th
The Tankless Myth |
We have heard this SO many times that I have to try and explain why its completely just a misunderstanding.
Here is a version of the myth “because the water is heated instantly at the unit you will always have to wait for hot water at your tap” or “you have to run the water for a minute or so to get the hot water so its not really instantly hot”.
For some reason many people seem to think that these tankless systems are able to provide hot water at the tap instantly. We have even heard people claim that tankless hot water heaters are not environmentally friendly because you have to run the water for a period of time before the hot arrives.
Figure one.
From this image you can you can see the flow that water takes from a tankless to a tap. The black bar represents insulation, when no one is using hot water the insulation works to keep the existing water in the pipe hot. Over time this water does get cold, by morning the pipe will contain nothing but room temperature water. When you turn the hot water tap on it has to push all the cold water out of the tap, once its gone then you can get the warm water.
Figure Two.
From this image you can see that hot water needs to take the exact same route that hot water from the tankless must take. Therefor it has to push out all the cold water currently contained in the hot water pipe before the user will get hot water and thus there is really no difference between the two systems. Well one is much more economical and energy efficient then the other.
No one keeps there car running all night so that it hot in the morning why keep water in your house hot 24 hours/day? Tankless water heaters solve this problem, and there is practically no noticeable difference between the systems, well that’s not true there is a numerical one on your gas or electric bill.
FREE Quotes for Toronto and surrounding areas
Dec 5th
Want a Free Quote? |
Do you Live in Toronto or maybe southern Ontario, Hamilton, Oshawa, Markham? If so then you are entitled to a free quote for a tankless water heater. Simply fill out the form below and someone get back to you within 2 business days (usually within a few hours). We will then send a trained REP out to your location to determine if a tankless system can be vented properly the REP will also be able to recommend a unit that is correctly sized for your unique house.
As a home owner you have two options, you can rent the tankless system or you can out right purchase and own it. The choice will be up to you. Find out more now.
Tankless Sizing – Total GPM
Dec 4th
Buying a tankless system can be a tricky task as there is a number of different units on the market today. In addition you need to take into account numerous different factors to determine the correct sizing and venting.
You will first want to figure out what the total GPM that you need supplied at your house, do this to calculate the total.
If your showerhead is relatively new, the gallons-per-minute consumption rating is inscribed somewhere on the outside of the fixture. If it’s not, do this quick test.
Hold a 1-gallon container under a faucet or fixture and time how many seconds it takes to fill the container with the faucet opened all the way. Then divide 60 by the number of seconds it took to fill the container. For example, a fixture that filled the container in 30 seconds would be rated at 2 gpm.
While you’re at it, it’s a good idea to clean any screens in the fixtures of any scale deposit.
The maximum gpm rating your water heater needs depends on how many fixtures and appliances will be drawing hot water at the same time. Add up the gpm of your fixtures and then check off the fixtures and appliances that will be in use simultaneously. This should provide you with the Total Gallons per Minute that a tankless will need to provide.
Now the last thing to consider is your location, if you are in the southern US the incoming water supply will be much warmer than in the dead of winter in southern Ontario. This plays a significant factor as the tankless unit needs to heat the water almost twice the amount, inturn reducing the output. A tankless rated at 6.8 gpm may only be able to produce 4.8 when it has to heat the water from 38 Fahrenheit instead of 64.
Of course if this is too complicated you can always have a professional come out for a free quote and have them size one out for you. Click here if you are interested.
