More and more people are decommissioning their old water tanks and switching to gas hot water heaters. They have been convinced by the benefits, two of which we will examine here - convenience and low cost.
Wether supplied as natural gas from a main depot direct to your home, or bought in gas bottles as liquid propane, gas offers a convenient form for heating your water. Though they have only become popular in recent years in North America, natural gas tankless water heaters have been in use in the far east and in Europe for decades. This means the technology is really quite advanced. It means that most household hot water needs can be met by the best gas water heater.
The great thing about the gas tankless water heaters is that the water is heated on demand - in other words whatever time of day or night you open a faucet you will find piping hot water gushing out.
Because this a system that does not heat a tank full of water in order to guarantee your hot water supply, you are not paying to have forty or more gallons of water kept at a constant 120 Fahrenheit. Pretty obviously, this saves you money. It also wastes less fuel, so you are doing you little bit for the planet too.
Two good reasons to investigate fitting a tankless hot water system in more detail.