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Fixing a tankless water heater.

We got a call from the website yesterday about a Navien tankless water heater not working properly. She admitted that she did not have a professional plumber install her unit, which we could tell when we looked over the installation, but it certainly wasn’t the worst installation we have encountered. The funny thing was, that [...]

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New Tankless water heater installation @ Harbor Close Townhouses (14 pics)

May 14, 2010 Tankless Water Heaters

We installed a Navien 240A for our newest client Mrs. Butterworth last week in her beautiful condo- townhouse. (Never knew the difference). last week. This installation wasn’t easy, but it’s one of our best jobs yet.
If you have a townhouse, condo, or apartment and your old hot water heater needs to be replaced, a tankless [...]

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An amazing duel tankless water heater installation, with 20 pics.

April 17, 2010 Tankless Water Heaters

We have talked about tankless water heaters on this site many times in the past, about how they work, how they save you money, how to find an installer, what you can expect to pay, shown you a few pictures, and much more. This post is going to be a bit different. [...]

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Why does my hot water take so long to get where I want it?

March 9, 2010 Other plumbing topics

Heat rises, and the hot water in your water heater will push some water up there the pipes, so if you’re hot water heater is directly under your kitchen for instance, the hot water will only need to travel a short distance to get to the faucet, thus the hot water only takes only a [...]

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Navien complaints & trouble shooting (Part 1)

February 12, 2010 Tankless Water Heaters

The search term “Navien Complaints” unfortunately has been getting searched here over the past month or so.
We have created this post to discuss possible issues with your Navien tankless water heater, but before we get into the problems and solutions I want to talk a little more about the Navien tankless water heater in a positive manner, [...]

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How to Maintain a tankless water heater.

December 14, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters

Tankless water heaters are now designed to last 20- 30 years. This is done by 1 owning a high quality tankless water heater, and 2 preforming a little maintenance on it. Without maintaining your tankless water heater investment you might only get half that time, so be sure to protect your investment by having a [...]

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How Tankless water heaters work.

December 2, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters

Tankless Systems
In order to understand how a tankless water heater works, it’s important to know how a standard tank heater operates. In a traditional heater system, there’s a large tank that holds and heats water. In order to give you hot water when you need it, the tank continually heats the water to maintain a [...]

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Early signs your hot water heater is dying.

November 11, 2009 Tips And Suggestions

It’s obvious when your heater is dead, it’s stopped working, but how do you know when it’s dying?
These are some things to look for:
If your hot shower isn’t lasting as long as it use to. - The gas burner, or electric electric elements aren’t working like they use to., or the dip tubes have disintegrated away. You can spend the [...]

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How Tankless Coil & Indirect Water Heaters work.

November 10, 2009 Tankless Coil & Indirect Water Heaters

How Tankless Coil and Indirect Water Heaters work.
Tankless coil and indirect water heaters use a home’s space heating system to heat water. They’re part of what’s called integrated or combination water and space heating systems.
How They Work
A tankless coil water heater uses a heating coil or heat exchanger installed in a main furnace or boiler. [...]

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Federal and state high efficiency Incentives.

November 9, 2009 Geothermal Heat Pumps

State incentives: http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm
Regional / National
Rebate Information:
For more information on energy tax credits, visit: energytaxincentives.org
For more information on your local tax credits, rebates and incentives, please visit: www.dsireusa.org and www.aceee.org
Local utilities: Across America local utilities are joining Federal and State Government to offer incentives in the form of rebates for going solar. Check with your local utility and [...]

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