My utility closet

In the foreground there is a tall water heater and behind it a shorter water heater. At the back of the closet is a forced air furnace / air conditioning unit - about ten years old.

 

The short water heater died - it lasted about 16 years. The water heater in front is working fine but is about 14 years old. I’ve got to tear out the working water heater to put the new one in place. I need two water heaters as there are two separate units and so I definitely need two units. Putting in two on demand gas units would be difficult to retrofit and get permits to start the work so I’m going to put in the same type of water heaters.

 

Now, the thing is, the furnace / AC unit is ten or so years old, and when that needs to be replaced the water heaters would have to be pulled so that the new HVAC unit could be installed, and the. the water heaters would have to be put back in place.

 

So… I’m going to go ahead and get a new furnace / AC unit.

 

Definitely a first world problem … I live in a townhouse or row house, so space is at a premium. I knew this when we moved in five years ago.

Done