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ehrnst

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5. FYI - You will need to know if you have enough gas pressure, if you go with a gas model.

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 03:23 PM

Jan 2013

We had one installed in our remodel, and had to wait 5 weeks for the gas company to come out and up the pressure.

You also need to calculate how powerful a tank you will need - ***this is in no way a DIY project,*** from the selection of the unit, to the calculation of how much gas you will need, to the evaluation of how it will vent directly to the outdoors (we could not vent ours out the chimney that our conventional heater did because it was not large enough). Find a plumber that is very experienced in installing them.

They are not silent, so you won't want it near your bedroom if at all possible, but you will want it as close to your bathroom plumbing as possible.

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