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March 19, 2008
hotwater heater-who's got the best price
Subject: best hot water heater
this gas heater is for 5 apartments totaling 10 people in 1 building. the current 100 gallon 199,000 btu is powerful enough but dying at 12 years old , it must remain chimney vented, and there is no room for twins.we cant add to our 5 year old boiler-we want a tank type gas water heater.
it only costs 100/mo. to run the old one we are replacing, so we're not real concerned with cost to operate. the main issue is rheem, ao smith, amer. standard or someone else.
amer. standard is 3000 to purchase versus 3500 for rheem or ao smith for the same size, but we were told we should get a better price on any of these and we're trying to find out where to buy them, in new york or on the net.
obviously, the american standard sounds good for the 500 dollar savings, but no one has been able to verify if it is a good unit. we were told that all units this size are commercial units, and that we don't need asme cert.
thank you for your input
Comments
Why are you buying such a big water heater for only 10 people?
If you're doing research, you'll see you need a water heater that costs less than $1,000 and uses less than 80,000 BTUs per hour.
Getting the lowest price on the wrong water heater can't be the answer.
Posted by: Master Plvmber at March 19, 2008 7:49 PM
big jacuzzi tubs, long showers, spoiled hi rent tenants, etc... the same size we have rite now is just adequate, so we don't want smaller for sure. more interested in who sells decent quality at a discount in ny or on net. thanx.
Posted by: brownstone89 at March 19, 2008 9:27 PM
yeah, i mean what would a master plumber know about hot water heaters?
Posted by: guest at March 19, 2008 10:24 PM
You can give this place a try. I bought my A.O. Smith high recovery water heater from them for a good price imo.
Maurro & Sons Plumbing & Heating Supply Incorporated
8208 17th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11214
(718) 256-1016
Posted by: guest at March 19, 2008 11:06 PM
In my house that I live in I have an A.0 Smith water heater since 1996. Never had a problem. My plumber just came by and looked at it and said I should change it because it might crack since the life line is up..
It works fine though... I have 4 A.0 Smith in my rental property that are not even 4 yrs old and one had to be replaced an another now something needs to be replaced.. The truth of the matter is that the new products are not being made as good as years ago.
Posted by: guest at March 21, 2008 8:00 PM
btw, we have done a lot of research and if the brooklyn water is anywhere like manhattan's water, there is no way your heater should be bad within 4 or even 6 years. might be something else, in which case your new heater could meet the same fate. the heaters that are well taken care of and last 10 to 20 years in some locales with good water do not sound like a dying breed.
Posted by: brownstone89 at March 22, 2008 10:31 PM
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