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We’re in a bit of a bind and could use some advice. A bit of background: We have a four-family home with a total of 7 adults and 2 kids living here. We have a 50-gallon water heater that until now has been just OK. Now it’s not–people are probably showering all at once and the hot water is not holding. This is not a shocker but we do need to fix it ASAP as the tenants are COLD!<\/p>\n
The boiler room has a low ceiling (7.5 feet?). One plumber told us that we will have to buy two 50-gallon heaters since the one we have will not be compatible with a new one. He also said that a bigger tank 75 gallon plus would not fit because it would be too tall. <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi All- We’re in a bit of a bind and could use some advice. A bit of background: We have a four-family home with a total of 7 adults and 2 kids living here. We have a 50-gallon water heater that until now has been just OK. Now it’s not–people are probably showering all at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29486,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-53460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/water-heater-re-4\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Water Heater Replacement or Addition","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/water-heater-re-4\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/water-heater-re-4\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Plumbing","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"maribrooklyn"}],"creator":["maribrooklyn"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-02-09T11:45:40Z","datePublished":"2011-02-09T11:45:40Z","dateModified":"2011-02-09T11:53:02Z"},"rendered":"