On Jan 2, 6:52*am, harry wrote:
On Jan 2, 1:54*am, lh wrote:





On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:08:51 -0800, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:52:51 -0600, lh wrote:

I am new to this group.

I am looking for *information concerning maitenance on tankless water
heaters. My daughter has one that needs flushing and the periodic
maintmence performed. *The local plumbers don't work on them and the
big city guys want an arm and leg, stating that various items are
required. They want to replace the heater at a cost of $4,500. *We
think before replacing, the flushing and strainer cleaning should take
place to see what happens.

I suspect there is a knowledge base concerning these things, but I
don't know where to find them. *Can anybody help?

Tanks

Have you tried the manufacturer's web site? 'Course you will need the
brand and model number :-\

We have done what you recommend. My daughter *was trying to get a
plumber to perform the mainenance, but one doesn't install nor wprk on
tankless heaters. Another didn't want to perform the maintenance, but
wanted to enlarge the gas line and install a new heater. The gas line
meets the guidlines shown in the manual.

It takes an hour to flush the heatexchanger and clean the strainers.
The heater has been neglected, but if a new one is required, the price
quoted was excessive, like $4500. *I am looking for a plumber that
will work on it.

I watched the you-tube videos on flushing one and I am willing to do
it, but I would like better information before I start.

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Perfectly lucid explanations. If you can't understand them now you
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Perhaps to harry, who doesn't have much of a grip on lucidity.

He doesn't say where he's located, but $4500 to replace a tankless
water heater sure sounds high, but of course we don't know the
specifics,. And I don't see why he should just pay more than he
thinks is reasonable. Are plumbers so stupid that they can't handle
a tankless water heater, which is just a basic gas appliance, even if
they haven't seen that specific model before?

Also, why should he just pay more than he thinks reasonable, when he's
already learned that the plumber is feeding him BS, ie that the gas
line needs to be replaced with a larger one. The OP had enough sense
to go look up the specs and find that the existing line appears to be
correctly sized. I'll bet the plumber didn't bother to do that.

Did those big city plumbers look at the unit before telling you that
it had to be replaced? Or did they just do it based on the age,
description, etc over the phone? Seems a little strange that he has
a choice between big city plumber or small town plumber. Usually,
you're limited to one or the other for practical reasosn.