"cjra" wrote in message
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Hmmm, I wonder if the systems in the US are not as good as those in the
UK? I never had any problems there, and most people I knew had that
system.

So, we are upgrading all gas and plumbing lines now anyway (house is
totally being renovated). It's not worth it to just do the tankless
now? Since all the lines are being changed?

The common tankless ones are made by big companies such as Bosch or Japanese
companies and are not made in the US anyway. They tend to be bigger sized in
the US than European ones. In some countries, there are small units that
are used for each bathroom, or even just for the shower. Many of them are
electric and not gas. I don't know what's prevalent in England.

I once spent a great deal of time looking into it. I live in California
where gas prices are not cheap, and it still would take a long time to break
even. Also, the warranty said it only applied if I hired a licensed
plumber, so it would have been expensive, assuming that they could get away
with that clause.