Plumbing Services

Your Northshore Water Heater Installer

Are you building a home in Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, or Metro New Orleans and need a water heating system? Or, is your existing heating system breaking down and you need repairs – or a replacement? Benfatti is here to help. Located in Slidell and Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, we serve the Northshore and greater New Orleans and Metairie areas. We help both private homeowners and small businesses with their water heating and HVAC needs. There are multiple types of water heaters, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. The two most common modern water heaters are a conventional tank heater, which heats water for the entire home from a single source; and tankless water heaters, which heat water at multiple points in the home close to each water source.

Pros and Cons of a Conventional Water Heater

Pros:

• Older, non-renovated homes most often use a conventional tank water heater for the home’s hot water needs. Natural gas tank water heaters are generally energy efficient, supplying a home or small business with reliably hot water. You need to only worry about maintaining one tank system instead of many such as with tankless water heaters.

Cons:

• In the long run, conventional tank heaters are less energy-efficient compared with tankless water heaters.
• Most conventional tank water heaters last less than a decade, even with regular quality maintenance – and are not inexpensive to replace.
• Also, and perhaps most irritating, if you have a lot of people needing hot water in your home or building, it is easy to run out of hot water before the tank can replenish.

Pros and Cons of Tankless Water Heaters

Pros:

• Tankless water heaters are the best compliment for your modern, environmentally friendly home. These heaters heat on-demand, meaning you aren’t storing and maintaining the heat of a single large tank of water.
• If you have a lot of people in the building using hot water, this is a huge benefit because you’ll never run out of hot water as long as your water tanks are working.

Cons:

• Tankless water heaters have different maintenance requirements than conventional tank heaters, such as needing to be descaled at least once a year to remain fully effective.
• They also have a higher initial cost price, which will increase the larger your building and the more water sources you need to heat.
• Older buildings with less modern gas lines may also need to retrofit new larger lines to work with the latest tankless water heaters.

Other Options For Water Heaters

In addition to Conventional and Tankless Water Heaters, there are hybrid, solar, geothermal and condensing heating systems that may work for your home or small business. With all the choices homeowners have today when it comes to water heaters, it’s best to speak to a professional who will review your plans or inspect your home and help you understand your options, so you can make an informed decision. Call us at 985-646-0540 on the Northshore or 504-241-3135 in Metro New Orleans to ask us a question, get an estimate, or schedule an appointment.