<p>No power, no internet, but the house held together quite well during the storm. Basement is dry, roof is tight. Life is good. Just want the power to come back on.</p>
<p>Did I mention that none of our family room furniture fits in the new family room??</p>
<p>I’m a fan of tankless water heaters although they cost a lot more than conventional ones.</p>
<p>What do you like about the tankless heaters? I am reading that they lower water pressure and that the additional cost doesn’t actually pay off. I like the idea because it would give me more space in my laundry room but the water pressure isn’t great to begin with and I don’t want to make it worse…</p>
<p>Glad to hear the house held up, VH!</p>
<p>VH, glad to hear you are fine and even more that the house is fine!</p>
<p>My clients who have them, love tankless water heaters. Plumbers around here seem very reluctant to install them though. (Did I say this earlier on this thread? Or some other thread?)</p>
<p>Were I not already concerned about water pressure I’d at least look into it and see if we could afford the expense… as it stands I have to roll the garment rack I use to dry clothes OUT of the laundry room every time I need to go in there for anything, and then roll it back in when I leave. Even if, you know, I have company and all my underwear is hanging on the garment rack. And it goes from tile to carpet and the rack would really like to fall apart every time I try to move it, so it’s a barrel of fun all around. It would be nice to have a bit more elbow room in there. After a cursory internet search we were thinking a conventional water heater would probably be most practical for us, but I still want to do more research before we decide.</p>
<p>ema–something else to ask about. I believe I was told that sometimes tankless water heaters don’t keep up with the demand for hot water if it being used at more than one place in the house at a time–for example, you couldn’t do a load of laundry or run the dishwasher while taking a shower.</p>
<p>My first client who had tankless heaters had one for each bathroom. They were about the size of shoebox as I recall and we put them in the vanity cabinets. No problem with multiple people using hot water. As for the whole house systems - they come in different sizes, just size them for the number of fixtures you think you might use at one time.</p>
<p>We had a full house tankless water heater. I loved it. It didn’t cause water pressure problems, and I had no trouble filling the jacuzzi tub and taking a shower at the same time. It made a ton of hot water.</p>
<p>That said, it might have been commercial grade. The house inspector was surprised by the wattage ratings.</p>
<p>I love taking a bath, so I’m definitely going to look into the under sink option for my master bathroom.</p>
<p>We have a gizmo under one of the bathroom sinks that is supposed to heat the shower water quickly so we dont have to wait for it to come up from the hot water heater in the basement. ITs attached to a timer. Is that considered a tankless water heater?</p>
<p>Not sure if it’s feasible in your area or not, but installing traditional water heaters outside the house is pretty popular here in Southern California.</p>
<p>VeryHappy- I was thinking of you. Glad the house weathered the storm.
My H is a contractor and he favors traditional water heaters. He feels the added expense isn’t worth it. He is building from ground up and has plenty of room to plan for a traditional heater. We have two water heaters in our house. One for each side of the house. I don’t know a lot about water heaters but I think the important thing to look at is the recovery time.
My Sister just did a remodel and for space reasons went with a tankless. She is very happy and has no problem filling her large soaking tub.</p>
<p>When we put in a new heating system, we put one in that uses a storage tank that sits under the boiler, and the boiler heats the water. So it saves the floor space, and while the capacity isn’t infinite, it is fast enough that we have never run out of hot water from 4 back-to-back showers.</p>
<p>Heating system – ha ha. I’d love some heat right about now. Outside, it’s beautiful – around 58 degrees. Inside, it’s freezing – around 58 degrees.</p>
<p>Boo. My consultant temporary month-to-month job has ended. The business can’t support me. </p>
<p>Yay – more time at home to get stuff fixed and unpacked!! </p>
<p>But I do need a job.</p>
<p>Sorry about the job, VH. :(</p>
<p>We are still not even kind of close to being done unpacking. My best friend at work came over to the house with me today though on our lunch break, which was super fun even if the house was a mess. I’ve never lived close enough to work to go home for lunch. Our kitchen table is being delivered tomorrow morning, too, which is also really exciting because we’ve never had a real table, either! 
My friend and I ate lunch at the coffee table this afternoon and I am hoping it will be my last meal there.</p>
<p>Oh brother VH! Well like you said, gives you some time to work on the house. Hopefully something really good will come along on the job front! </p>
<p>Hope your power is back on!</p>
<p>VH, did you closed the deal of selling your old house?</p>
<p>artloversplus, yes, we closed. We bought the new house on 10/19 and sold the old house on 10/26. Not at all what we were planning, but you know what they say about plans. All of the money is back in the IRAs and is appropriately invested. And thankfully we have power back on, so DH and I went grocery shopping today. </p>
<p>I am absolutely exhausted for no reason at all – during the week (well, five days) with no power, I got much more sleep than normal – in bed by 9:00 PM and up at 6:30 AM. I should not be tired.</p>
<p>And the clothes dryer seems to have stopped working for some reason. I suspect because it’s OLD and needs to be replaced. So now the money pit saga begins!</p>
<p>Hooray – the dryer works. DH discovered the circuit breaker had been tripped, probably because it was running when the power went out and therefore tried to go on when the power went on. </p>
<p>I feel like I just saved $500!</p>
<p>^Yay!</p>
<p>I hate my new(ish) dryer. It takes forever. I think it’s too small for my washing machine, but maybe it’s just a lousy dryer.</p>