In September of 2020, I wrote an article for Plumber (“Size Matters”) related to sizing water distribution systems and retrofitting them with tankless water heaters and/or water treatment equipment.
The goal of that article was to give you a heads-up, so to speak, that simply replacing a tank-type water heater with a tankless type, was more than making a couple cuts in the piping and splicing in a new unit. I shared some insight on the amount of pressure loss and possible consequences the water distribution system could incur from installing these types of heaters and water softeners if not properly sized.
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