I made my earlier post about replacing my natural gas water heater. I couldn't believe the price of the AO Smith XHE 60 gallon high unit. The price from 2 local plumbers was $3600 plus installation. OK, I'm all for engineering overkill, but that's serious overkill for my residence.
So, I asked about high recovery, larger tank units. I called three major local plumbers and none of them knew that the FVIR is not yet required on tanks above 50 gallons (until July 2005 anyway). They all told me that the units had to have FVIR - which was contrary to the mfg specs on their web sites. So, they are all calling their wholesalers for more details.
My question for the plumbers here is - isn't this a commonly known/understood code change in the trade?
So, I asked about high recovery, larger tank units. I called three major local plumbers and none of them knew that the FVIR is not yet required on tanks above 50 gallons (until July 2005 anyway). They all told me that the units had to have FVIR - which was contrary to the mfg specs on their web sites. So, they are all calling their wholesalers for more details.
My question for the plumbers here is - isn't this a commonly known/understood code change in the trade?