Tankless water heater

I'm really interested in trying to figure out how to use less natural gas. I am in as good shape as I can get with gasoline and electricity. But gas is harder. I mean there are ways to save gas that will going to be more difficult than just changing a light bulb.

We just had the plumber put in this tankless water heater that I got a year ago. This thing really rocks. It is a Bosch 125b. It has a 15 year warranty and they are supposed to last longer than that. It was on sale at a store in vermont, $349 for a reconditioned model. I didn't see a single flaw in mine and it works beautifully. It should pay for itself + its installation in about 10 years.

These kind of water heaters are more efficient than our tank water heater by about $100 a year maybe? We'll see. Our plumber said the tank water heaters are like a teakettle that is left on 24 hours a day. It was pretty wasteful and took up prime space. Even though it barely held enough hot water to fill the bathtub 5/6 of the way, the tank was gigantic in the tiny laundry room. It had to be on a stand and in the door right by the kitchen. Because the water heater was taking up half the room, everything in the room had to be in a certain place. They had to have a stackable washer/dryer which blocked the view out the window, and then there was no room for shelving or an iron or even to hang a few shirts in there.

It saves a moderate amount of gas but it really saves a lot of space. We pay a lot per square foot of this house and this thing really opens up the laundry room. We can now sell our stackable washer/dryer and bring in the one we've had in the garage.

Taking a shower and everything is fine and works the same way. The pressure seems a little less to me but you don't notice it in the shower or anywhere except the rate that it fills the tub. Even then we've enjoyed the tub more because like i mentioned, the old tank heater didn't fill the tub all the way.