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Hamilton Tankless

administrator — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:36:04 +0000

Hamilton

Hamilton is a big part of the Golden Horseshoe and has a population of nearly 750 thousand. This is a large market for tankless water heaters and there is significant potential for energy savings. It really doesn’t make sense to heat your water 365 days a year. Think of it with this analogy.

…..Its a cold winters day in Hamilton, you wouldn’t leave your car running all night so that it would be warm for you in the morning would you? Then why do you leave your hot water tank running?…

A tankless water heater only heats water when you need it, saving energy and reducing emissions. Hamilton has had a bad reputation for its pollution emission levels but it’s made leaps and bounds forward curbing this problem. Help Hamilton to become even cleaner with a new tankless system.

Now is still a great time to buy a tankless as Hamilton residents are still able to apply for grants and rebates from the Provincial Government. These grants help home owners reduce their eco footprint and encourage the installation of renewable products. Basically its free money for you.

Find out how much you can save off a Tankless Water Heater

Winter is on its way to Hamilton, get up to $790 in Government Rebates back on a new Furnace and an additional $125 in OPA rebates.

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Home Owner To do List-Tankless

administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:39:34 +0000

Bosch vs Rinnai Tankless

When it comes to home improvement there are so many options available. Most homeowners make a mental to do list of the projects that are weekend projects and ones best left to the pros. To do lists are usually placed in order of cost and capability to complete the task. A tankless water heater is a project that is well worth putting at the top of your to do list. We can have REP come out and go over where a unit can be installed and what an install entails. Then you can spend the rest of your Saturday planning on how to use the extra space your old hot water tank took up.

With conventional tank type water heaters there is a strangely long list of things that are not exactly great selling points. Things like, pilot lights that miraculously go out at the most inconvenient times, limited storage capabilities, short life spans, and a loss of energy efficiency due to sludge build up at the bottom of the tank.

The tankless water heater solves a lot of the standard water heater problems. Current water heaters use energy by constantly working to maintain heated water temperatures of 40 to 50 gallons that is not even being used. A tankless system costs 60 percent less to operate than the standard tank because it only heats the water when it is requested by the home owner. Another selling point is the life expectancy of these units, double sometimes even triple to that of the traditional unit.

If you are trying to ‘Go Green’ most tankless water heaters are Energy Star approved. This means that you are not only reducing your carbon footprint by 63 percent compared to the standard unit, you will also be saving energy, and that means real money back in your pocket.

In addition to the money that you are going to be saving on reduced energy bills, the Provincial Government offers tax incentives of up to 30 percent for energy efficiency improvements.

Bosch Tankless Heater Review

John — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:28:30 +0000

Bosch Tankless Heater

It seems that every user has had a unique experience with their Bosch Tankless heater. Some people are extremely happy and wouldn’t switch to anything else. On the other hand there are far more that are extremely disappointed in its functionality and its heating capabilities . Below is a synopsis of the majority of complaints. Of the 38 reviews that were submitted 1 being the worst and 5 the best the results are as follows.

1 (Very Bad) – 21
2 (Bad) – 7
3 (OK) – 3
4 (Good) – 5
5 (Very Good) – 2

Reputation – of the 38 reviews submitted there was 21 were rated the lowest possible
Reliability – Of the 21 reviews that were negative 18 people had pieces that broke or had to be replaced
Design – Several of the 21 negatives all had complaints about the system taking too long to produce the hot water
Additionally users were able to enter pros and cons that they had experienced with the Bosch Tankless.

Pros of the Bosch Tankless

27 of the 38 respondents said that “when it was working it worked great”. Several also mentioned space saving, energy efficient and endless hot water.

Cons of the Bosch Tankless

20 out of 38 mentioned temperature fluctuations as a source of negativity. Also mentioned was non responsive technical support, high installation costs, leaky and expensive venting and reliability.