A water heater is typically just installed and forgotten about until it doesn’t function properly.
Many people only remember their water heaters when their hot water supply runs cold.
Nonetheless, a simple maintenance routine can help extend its useful life.
Whether good or bad, this era in which we live is one of immediate gratification.
People are rarely patient for anything, and even when they are, it’s not for very long.
Yet there’s still something which normally requires us to wait – hot water.
Tankless water heaters make hot water available on demand, continuously until the valve is shut.
It is essential to understand nonetheless that just because it is energy efficient does not mean it is free of maintenance.
Actually, the more adequately preventive maintenance is done on the tankless unit, the surer its efficiency.
Please read our tankless maintenance guide below, together with estimated duration for each task.
If you are leaning towards tankless, it is important to determine the hot water requirements of your home before you can start seriously examining units.
The amount of hot water will you need at peak demand… (let’s say when somebody’s showering, you’re doing dishes, and there are clothes in the wash?)
Finding out hot water demand is very simple…
Bathtub drains occasionally need to be replaced, and drains with the built-in stoppers are the ones that usually have problems.
These will with time become harder to use and will slowly allow water to leak while the tub is supposed to be plugged.