I have narrowed down my tankless choices to the three in the poll. What I've gathered from my research is that Navien is easy to maintain and has nice features, SS exchangers, and is very efficient; Noritz is high quality japanese made, also SS exchangers, good support supposedly; Rinnai is a gold standard for many years and have very user friendly features like the smartphone app, but has copper alloy exchanger.
I initially only wanted Navien or Nortiz bc my heater is outdoors and I wanted the SS exchanger for maximal corrosion inhibition. I want a recirculation pump as I don't have a dedicated return so I'll be using the thermal bypass valve at the further faucet with these. All three of these have built in pumps, the Navien has an extra buffer tank as well. I was able to get these wholesale quotes locally as well as the quoted full installs from an HVAC company:
Noritz NRCR111dv-LP $1916.81 (little extra for a conversion kit for outdoors) [quoted $5995]
only comes with remote control, bypass valve, service valves, outdoor cap, and wifi monitor are optional and extra.
Rinnai RUR199EP $1888.25 [quoted $5556]
includes isolation kit and wi-fi controller, thermal bypass valve
Navien NPE 240A2 $1580 [quoted $6065]
Does not include the isolation kit, outdoor cap, thermal bypass valve but when added up its $1890.
I can get other accessories like pipe covers and such but those are the basics
As you can see from the price difference, it was an easy decision to do this myself. I've done both liquid and gas plumbing on my home and it's not a big deal for me to tackle this. I don't care about the warranty because I can essentially buy 3 water heaters for this price difference.
They're all 199k BTU, all basically 11 GPM max, all above .95 efficiency, etc
I'll probably end up swapping out my house shutoff as well as it's old style gate valve and maybe splice in a whole house filter while i'm at it.
With all things considered, which company do you have experience or unit do you have experience with and recommend and why?
Thanks in advance!
I initially only wanted Navien or Nortiz bc my heater is outdoors and I wanted the SS exchanger for maximal corrosion inhibition. I want a recirculation pump as I don't have a dedicated return so I'll be using the thermal bypass valve at the further faucet with these. All three of these have built in pumps, the Navien has an extra buffer tank as well. I was able to get these wholesale quotes locally as well as the quoted full installs from an HVAC company:
Noritz NRCR111dv-LP $1916.81 (little extra for a conversion kit for outdoors) [quoted $5995]
only comes with remote control, bypass valve, service valves, outdoor cap, and wifi monitor are optional and extra.
Rinnai RUR199EP $1888.25 [quoted $5556]
includes isolation kit and wi-fi controller, thermal bypass valve
Navien NPE 240A2 $1580 [quoted $6065]
Does not include the isolation kit, outdoor cap, thermal bypass valve but when added up its $1890.
I can get other accessories like pipe covers and such but those are the basics
As you can see from the price difference, it was an easy decision to do this myself. I've done both liquid and gas plumbing on my home and it's not a big deal for me to tackle this. I don't care about the warranty because I can essentially buy 3 water heaters for this price difference.
They're all 199k BTU, all basically 11 GPM max, all above .95 efficiency, etc
I'll probably end up swapping out my house shutoff as well as it's old style gate valve and maybe splice in a whole house filter while i'm at it.
With all things considered, which company do you have experience or unit do you have experience with and recommend and why?
Thanks in advance!
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