{"id":1142,"date":"2022-06-20T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2022-06-16T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T20:16:33","slug":"comparing-tank-tankless-water-heaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/water-heater-service\/comparing-tank-tankless-water-heaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Tank and Tankless Water Heaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tankless-water-heater-small-on-wall-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"tankless-water-heater-small-on-wall\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tankless-water-heater-small-on-wall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tankless-water-heater-small-on-wall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tankless-water-heater-small-on-wall.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We offer a range of models of <\/span><a href=\"\/service-areas\/burton-mi-hvac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">water heaters in Burton, MI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for our customers. There are two broad options: the conventional and familiar storage tank water heater, and the less common tankless water heater. Both types have benefits and drawbacks, and there is no automatic \u201cright\u201d answer for which is better for your home. You\u2019ll need our water heater experts to help you discover whether a tank or tankless water heater fits your household\u2019s needs and your short-and-long-term budget plans. To get you started, we\u2019ll provide a basic rundown of the strengths and weaknesses and these water heaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><b>Storage Tank Water Heaters<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often referred to awkwardly as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tank<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> water heaters, these are the water heaters most people know. A large tank stores water kept heated for use whenever there\u2019s demand in a home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Benefits<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storage tank water heaters are flexible and can work for almost any home. There\u2019s rarely any need to make changes to the current plumbing to accommodate a new one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re among the most affordable types of water heaters on the market, which is often important for homeowners on a tight budget.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When properly sized and installed, a storage tank water heater shouldn\u2019t encounter trouble providing enough hot water for a household.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Drawbacks<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because they store water in a tank until there\u2019s demand for it, storage tank water heaters suffer from standby heat loss. This requires them to regularly use energy even when no one is using hot water in a house.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have shorter service lives, lasting from 10 to 12 years on average.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with a fantastic installation, storage tank water heaters can run out of their hot water supply and leave people without hot water until the system can heat up enough of a supply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Tankless Water Heaters<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These water heaters do not store any water, but instead heat water whenever a tap in the house turns on requesting hot water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Benefits<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tankless water heaters use significantly less energy than storage tank water heaters because they don\u2019t suffer from standby energy loss. They only run when there\u2019s demand for hot water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because they don\u2019t store hot water, there\u2019s no limited supply that can run out. A tankless water heater can effectively deliver \u201cunlimited hot water\u201d to a household.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lower amount of stress on tankless systems means they can last longer than storage tank units, often running for 20 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a tank, a tankless water heater takes up much less space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Drawbacks<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial price tag for tankless water heaters is higher than for storage tank water heaters. Although the energy savings can offset this over time, the installation cost may not be worth it for some homes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Installing a tankless water heater sometimes requires making updates to gas lines and piping. They also require a filtration system to allow them to operate properly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In homes where multiple hot water taps are on at the same time, a tankless water heater can be overwhelmed and start to lose energy efficiency.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>First Choice Heating &amp; Cooling serves Fenton, Linden, Holly, and the surrounding areas. <\/b><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>If your home had a voice \u2026 it would call First Choice.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll provide a basic rundown of the strengths and weaknesses and these water heaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[121,114,61],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-heater-service","tag-burton","tag-tank-water-heaters","tag-tankless-water-heaters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstchoiceheat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}