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Originally Posted by Russic
Anybody have any recent experience since this thread started? I'm currently in the market for something, and tankless is an option. They do run quite a bit more expensive up front (especially when you have to run a new gas line), but I've heard very different takes on cost savings – I've heard everything from $700/year down to $0.
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I have one. Do you have an effective water softener?
Reason why is that the tankless systems will scale up if their water source is Calgary's notorious hard water. We do not have a water softener so we pay a plumber to descale it annually at the tune of $100-200 a visit. The water softener / scaling maintenance algebra should be factored into your cost equations.