Why do most plumbers try to persuade you not to get a tankless water heater, and shou...?

When a plumber tries to talk you out of a tankless heater, they aren't just being stubborn. They dread the 199,000 BTU gas spike, and the angry call when the unmaintained unit dies in five years…

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