School me on water heaters.

[Justin]

Just wanted to put this out there. I like these guys and bought my last water heater here. Nice place with plenty of knowledge and selection. https://www.rampartsupply.com/heatin...storage-tanks/

Thanks! Will check them out this week.

[beast556]

Bradford white from Ferguson made in the USA

This is what you want. Best on the market hands down.

[O2HeN2]

If you're in COS, buy from Rampart Supply, not the big box stores. You'll get a better quality heater for less money.

O2

On edit: Oh, I see someone else already pointed you to them.

[FoxtArt]

late to this party, but if you have an existing condensor boiler, you could look into an indirect water heater. There's ways to make them practically on demand if your boiler has enough BTU, efficient too

[Brian]

Related question... does anyone still replace anode rods in hot water heaters anymore? I hired someone a couple years ago to do mine because I couldn't figure out how you were supposed to do it. Turned out you had to take the darn top of the thing apart including pulling out a ton of foam insulation, etc. to get at the old rod to replace it. Definitely didn't seem very user-friendly compared to previous models I'd seen, maybe that's just because they figure nobody changes them anymore?? I've got about 14 years on my current hot water heaters so should probably start thinking about replacing at some point...

[Duman]

Well... this is all good info. Last Friday morning, water heater kicked out tons of hot water as usual. Saturday morning, 'hot' water was luke warm.
Gas water heater, pilot light is running, install date 2012. Is there a temp sensor that could have gone out?

[rjr6150]

Well... this is all good info. Last Friday morning, water heater kicked out tons of hot water as usual. Saturday morning, 'hot' water was luke warm.
Gas water heater, pilot light is running, install date 2012. Is there a temp sensor that could have gone out?

Is your main burner kicking in? If yes then could possibly be the dip tube which drops to the bottom of your tank on the cold water inlet side. Typically these are plastic.

[Duman]

Thanks, I'll check it out.