Experts - Recommended Water Heater

[Blowby]

I got a quote for a complete install of Bradford White heaters but the warranty was only 6 years and the price was out of line. I read reviews and had the same results, half bad, half good. This is the dilemma I'm in.

[MarkCO]

A commercial grade high efficiency water heater will cost less in the long run and also run circles around the tankless. I do a water heater failure case about once a week and the cheap big box store WHs and the tankless have lots of failures, usually right when the warranty is up. I would remove a tankless from my house if I had one. In a mountain cabin, I might go that route though.

Westinghouse has a stainless tank one, about $1800, AOSmith has a dual anode blue glass steel tank one that is about $2000. There are others out there as well. They typically have 6-10 year warranties on them. In 5 years, they will pay for the difference over a standard WH and end up being about the same, or less, than tankless without the associated maintenance and risk.

If I was buying today, this is the one I would get for a normal home: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Westingho...100F/302480437