We got a tankless water heater a few days ago. I was worried it was going to be a big project that involved a lot of work and changing of pipes. Turns out you can get the darn things installed the next day if you time it right. We called up some plumbers who sell and install them (lets face it, there’s no way I am *ever* messing with the gas lines in my house) and by the next day we were all set up. Jess is totally in love with having as much hot water as she wants, and it’s supposed to be more efficient, too.
We’ve run the numbers, and as it turns out it’s not *quite* a slam dunk as far as cost goes. We save gas, but not enough to offset the cost difference between tanked and tankless, especially when installation costs are added. At least, not at current rates, but it was time to replace the hot water heater anyway (either that or just wait for it to fail and then be bereft of hot water until we got it replaced) and we decided to give it a try.
We’re also gearing up to paint the baby room. In fact, we’ve done most of the work already. We’ve decided on some color schemes, went out and bought all the gear (there is rather a lot of it) and then did the tedious work of sanding, cleaning, and taping the room. So all of the important work, but none of the cool looking work. We have the primer we're going to use, and once we get the color finalized we'll be painting like pros...hopefully. We’re going to go with some sort of dark blue with a mahogany stripe around the room. Then we’re going to get an array of random paints and paint t-rexes and video game characters in silhouette. That should be fun.
-N
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