What are the benefits of a tankless water heater? Tankless water heaters are indeed initially more expensive than their tanked old-school counterparts. But then a Ferrari cost more than a Honda. The thing that we as a company feel gets left out of the conversation is that tanked style water heaters, everyone that is manufactured has a steel tank. Inside that steel tank, there is an anode rod, which is a sacrificial metal “metal that is designed to inhibit the rusting of the tank itself”, but you didn’t have to go very far in science class to know that a tanked style water heater with a steel tank will begin to rust the moment that you put water in it. So outside of the inefficiency of heating 50 to 75 gallons of water 24 hours a day so that you can wash dishes and take a 10- or 15-minute shower each day. Tankless water heaters only come on and only heat water on demand. On demand – that means only when you need it! The heat exchanger with a tankless water heater is made of copper or stainless steel; neither are subject to oxidation, better known as rust. So, the true benefit that Home Service Doctors sees for tankless water heaters over tanked style water heaters is that with proper maintenance and treatment of the water so that there is “quality water” going through it, they can and will last 2 to 3 times longer than tanked style water heaters. When that is taken into consideration, tankless water heaters are far cheaper than their old school tank water heater predecessors. Wouldn’t it be nice to have endless on demand hot water at a fraction of the cost, if you are going to spend the money anyway?
