in a standard 3 bedroom house.I have just been to Bunnings to check the cost. They have a 137Ltre Cyl for about $800 odd dollars and then the price jumps to $1100.00 for the next size up. Is 137 Litres enough or do I need to buy the $1100.00 one . Cheers Scrooge
johotech,
Oct 11, 5:14am
What size is the one there now? 137 litre is usually for a 1 bedroom, or a 2 bedroom house at most.
korban,
Oct 11, 7:01am
Have you considered changing to continuous gas hot water
budgel,
Oct 11, 7:07am
180 litre or larger is better for a 3bedroom house.
nzjay,
Oct 11, 7:54am
137 litres is equivalent to the old 30gal cylinder. A good bath on top of the evenings food prep and dishes will leave the cylinder cold. Modern lifestyles use more hot water. 180litres (40 gal) is considered the minimum these days.
ayjay1,
Oct 11, 8:14am
This is a do up that we are doing for an investor. What is best and what is cheapest doesn't often go together for an investor. Your opinions have been helpful and now I can give him the facts.The sticker that tells the capacity of the cylinder has come off but going by the size I would say it was a 40gal. So we can tell him that is what it needs. Thanks for your advice. Cheers
ryanm2,
Oct 11, 8:17am
go gas like another member suggested.
marte,
Oct 11, 12:58pm
Or buy a secondhand one for alot cheaper.
I got a ridiculously big one for $280 delivered. Its less than 3 yrs old, with wetback fittings. I figured bigger is better as I will use the wetback to heat the water. They were redoing part of the house and the cylinder was not going to fit anymore.
Check plumbers or scrapmetal yards
raven71,
Oct 11, 2:47pm
How big is your existing one?
happychappy50,
Oct 11, 5:45pm
As 2 previous posters have shared go gas,preferably bottles as line rental is getting out of hand.Also hot water when you want with no storage heating costs.
trad,
Oct 11, 7:26pm
Last time I looked it wasn't worth chnging to gas just for hot water because of the high cost of gas line rental.
aredwood,
Oct 11, 10:14pm
Depends on how much gas you use. As the piped gas itself is really cheap. around 6c per kW/hr. Bottled gas is around 16c per kW/hr. There was a thread where someone said that if you use more than 4 bottles per year then piped gas is cheaper.
fast4motion,
Oct 11, 10:57pm
Is your current cylinder high pressure or low pressure? I bought a brand new 180L Rheem S/S high pressure cylinder with complete valve pack, seismic restraint kit, and 12m of copper pipe for around $1100 earlier this year. So there are better deals to be had than Bunnings etc.
lythande1,
Oct 11, 11:47pm
Price is NOT an indication of quality. You want a cheap (decent) low pressure, then Triumph. Second - hand - dodgy. You have no idea how long it will last, seen them last anything from not at all (leaked the minute it was connected) to a month or so. They don't like being moved.
loose.unit8,
Oct 12, 12:22am
A hot water heat pump is way cheaper in the long run
tintop,
Oct 12, 7:20pm
And/or change to a spot price power plan and heat you water at off peak rates. Certainly a better option in mind than going to natural gas or bottled lpg if you do not have gas already.
fast4motion,
Oct 15, 11:51pm
Was in Plumbing World today, and noticed they have Rheem 180L cylinders for $699 +GST ($804).
lythande1,
Oct 15, 11:58pm
Mains or low pressure? Rheem low pressure are crap, they are OK if mains.
fast4motion,
Oct 16, 12:16am
Mains Pressure, but not Stainless Steel. The deal I got in post #13 was from Mico Plumbing about 5 months ago, and would've been cheaper if I hadn't opted for S/S.
nchun,
Oct 18, 10:21am
Take the opportunity to change over to Continuous Gas Hot Water System. You'll probably not get another chance to do this.
marte,
Aug 28, 10:04am
I gotta admit that it will save a lot of space and space is $$$ these days.
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