Help with new Hot water heater

Michael · 2007-05-29T12:29:02+00:00

We have an old AO Smith 40 gallon gas water heater which seems to have some leakage issues.We have been anticipating replacing it for some time now but I need some advice.There are five of us in the house (including my 15 year old daughter, who takes very extended showers!)The current unit seems to poop out after 2 or 3 showers and we will not run the dishwasher or washing machine in anticipation of showering.For a new unit, should we go with a larger unit (75 gallon) or are we better off with a smaller 50 or 65 gallon with a faster recovery time? What about the "instant," tankless water heaters?What gives the best performance, balancing efficiency and hot water availability?

May 29, 2007 22 Replies

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Michael 19 years ago

Unfortunately my daughter has been blessed with a head of THICK, CURLY, LONG hair...just the shampooing portion takes a while...then there's conditioning, etc.

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Clark 19 years ago

"Dave" wrote in news:b5idncHET6fB4MHbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@trueband.net:

Ya might wanna consider getting that obsession treated.

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hallerb 19 years ago

hot water cost minimal, wedding costs out of this world:(

Incidently point of use heaters are too small to do much of anything for shower apoplications

for dave the complainer? would you have the pretty gal shave her head to save water?

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