Why Switch To A Tankless Water Heater. Sediment buildup in conventional tanks vs. the descalable design of a tankless unit. And the real-world fuel savings in Tampa.
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hey everybody my name's Corbin I work for Titan plumet electric and today we're going to cut open a 50 galon electric water heater and take a look at what's [Music] inside all right everybody I've cut open the 50-gon electric water heater now let's take a look at what's inside oh my my God this is horrible look at the amount of sediment inside this heater this builds up over years and years in your tanked heater and it just sits there and swirls around as you use your hot water in your home one of the best ways to prevent sediment is to just get away with the tank heater all in general and do a tankless water heater that doesn't have a tank and cannot get sediment buil up inside of it to this magnitude all right so this is a tankless water heater as you can see it's much much smaller than a tank heater these heat the water on demand as you use hot water so you don't have to have a reserve of 40 to 50 gallons in a tanked heater where that sediment can build up the cold water comes in hot water comes out plain and simple this is an adequate replacement for a tanked water heater all right so if you're interested in a a tankless water heater opposed to a tank one that can build up sediment you should give Titan Plumbing electric a call at 813 93381 or visit our website Titan plumbing and electric.com
Tampa Tankless Water Heater Service
Do you and your family fight over the shower every morning because you run out of hot water quickly? A tankless system delivers endless hot water on demand, and for many Tampa homes it is a far smarter replacement than dropping in another tank water heater that will scale up and fail again in a decade.
If you're like most families, you don't want to be the last one in the shower because you know there won't be much hot water left. Instead of fighting over who goes first, call us and find out if tankless is right for your Tampa home. We are a licensed plumber and electrician under one roof, so the gas, the water, and the electrical all come from one accountable crew.
How a Tankless Water Heater Actually Works
A conventional tank keeps 40 to 60 gallons of water hot around the clock, whether you use it or not, and reheats the whole batch every time it cools. A tankless unit throws that model out. When you open a hot tap, water flows through a heat exchanger that fires only at that moment, heats the water on its way to the faucet, and shuts off the instant you are done. Nothing is stored and nothing is reheated for no reason, which is why a tankless system both trims your energy use and never runs out mid-shower. It is simply a smarter way to do the same job your old tank water heater has been doing.
The Real Benefits in a Tampa Home
Most homeowners switch for the endless hot water, but the practical wins stack up, and several of them hit harder in our warm climate where the incoming water is already mild and the unit has less work to do:
- Endless hot water, with no cold surprise for whoever showers last
- 30 to 50 percent less energy than a standard tank, month after month
- A wall-mounted footprint that hands you back the closet or garage space
- A 20-year-plus lifespan, roughly double a tank, with proper care
- Cleaner, longer-lived operation when a water softener and a water filtration system keep scale and sediment off the heat exchanger
Gas vs. Electric: Sizing It to Your Home
The most important decision is not the brand, it is the sizing, and getting it wrong is the most common tankless problem we are called to fix. A unit sized to square footage instead of real demand either runs cold during simultaneous use or costs more than it needed to. We measure how many fixtures run at once and how cold the incoming water gets, and we confirm the gas line and water line can feed it before we ever quote a model:
- Gas tankless: a higher flow rate, ideal for larger homes running two or three showers at once
- Electric tankless: a simpler install and a great fit for smaller homes or a single point of use
- Either fuel: we size to measured demand, not a guess off the floor plan
Tampa Hard Water Is the One Catch
Tankless units are excellent, but they have a single weakness in our area: scale. Tampa water runs 7 to 10 grains per gallon, and those minerals bake onto the heat exchanger, the hottest surface in the system, faster than anywhere else in the house. Left unchecked, scale chokes the flow, trips error codes, and quietly shortens the unit life. The defense is twofold, an annual flush and descale, and treating the water before it ever arrives. That same scale also contributes to a slow drain elsewhere in the house, the kind we clear with drain cleaning, and the internal corrosion behind it is what eventually pushes a home toward repiping. If a unit is already throwing codes or leaking, our water leak detection and repair crews sort it out fast.
What a Tankless Installation Looks Like
A tankless install is more involved than swapping a tank, which is exactly why it belongs with a licensed plumber and electrician under one roof, the way we run it. We assess the gas, water, electrical capacity, and venting, remove the old unit, mount and connect the new one to code, and test the flow before we leave. Because the connections are already open, it is also a smart moment to handle related work, like coordinating the upgrade with a bathroom renovation when one is already planned:
- On-site assessment of gas, water, electrical, and venting
- Removal of the old tank and prep of the mounting location
- Code-compliant connections and a permitted, inspected install
- Flow testing and a walkthrough of how to maintain the unit
Tankless, Tank, or Premium Optimal
Tankless is not always the answer, and we will tell you plainly when a tank makes more sense. When tankless is the right call, we install and service every major brand, from Rheem and A.O. Smith to our premium Optimal electric line, which runs at 99 percent efficiency with a 25-year warranty. Heavy-use households and restaurants pushing constant hot water lean on our commercial plumbing team for the right commercial-grade sizing. We match the choice to your budget, your demand, and how long you plan to stay in the home, not to whatever is easiest to sell.
Maintenance and Same-Day Service Across Tampa Bay
A tankless unit rewards a little upkeep, so we offer annual flush-and-descale plans that keep the warranty valid and the flow strong, and we repair every brand we install. And when a unit quits without warning, a cold shower on a workday is not something that should wait, our emergency plumbing crew responds the same day, Monday through Saturday. From South Tampa to Carrollwood, our licensed plumber and electrician crews install, service, and stand behind every tankless system we touch.
More from the field
Powering A Large Electric Tankless Water Heater. Most electric tankless units need 120-160 amps of dedicated capacity. Here is what panel and wiring upgrades that requires.
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We have a request from a customer to put in a tankless water heater and it's a very large electric tankless heater. They want to be able to fill a tub with the tankless heater. Most people don't know what's involved in upgrading your electrical to be able to put one of these bad boys in. We're going to step over and talk to Max from Titan and he's going to show us what's involved to upgrade your service and enough power to be able to run this large electric tankless heater. All right. And what we got here is right now we had to upgrade our meter outside from a 200 amp meter to a 400 amp meter to refeed these two panels. Before that we had a 200 amp here. Now we're adding a second panel over there to have those 400 amps. So this is our splice box where we refeed our feeder wire into the first panel and then we refeed the second panel on the bottom here and come in the bottom into this panel as well. For more information on upgrading your panels and maybe putting in a tankless electric water heater, go to titanplumbinglectric.com. [Music]
Can You Install A Tankless Water Heater?. Eligibility check: gas line, electrical capacity, and venting for a tankless install.
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questions we get asked is can we install a tankless water heater in place of a standard tanked water heater behind me you can see is a tankless gas naven water heater this is a great brand this supplies all the hot water to a house without having have the tank system so it's water on demand and there's no storage of water uh being heated and cooled off so it's much more energy efficient you also don't run out of hot water for more information on hot water heaters tankless heaters go to Titan Plumbing electric.com
