Thanks --47.205.xxx.x

Watch a few you tube video's if you've never done before. --99.103.xxx.xxx

Pipes in meter gas ok. Refillable tank will always be an issue. I vote for electric as it's metered and the fewer utilities the tenant has to put in their name and/or manage the better. Easier house to rent = all electric --172.56.xx.xx

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In my primary residence, I prefer gas over electric. With my Class C tenants, all electric (if possible) is the way to go. My tenants do not like paying 2 power bills especially a gas bill for heat. Going all electric does require a modern 200amp breaker box and a heat pump. --68.63.xxx.xxx

I would do electric but nothing fancy just a regular water heater --72.231.xxx.xxx

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Electric, no permit needed to replace. --73.17.xx.xxx

I like gas for myself but I am leaning towards electric for rental use, does anyone have good results with the instant water heater? I am replacing the panel and can add 50amp service to the tank. --47.205.xxx.x

Have not had to relight an electric tank since the 1980's, no chimney liner either, they make hot water as advertised but a bit slower recovery if everyone takes a shower at the same time of day the last one will be cool and quick. --76.188.xxx.xxx

Prefer the Uponor commercial A pex which bends more easily along no crimps. Special expansion tool where a lot easier to work with. With a demand electric water heater going to require 200 Amps of current as a lot of heat is required at one time. Demand gas water heaters may require a 3/4" as there water is heated right away then being stored in a tank. A heat pump tank water is more efficient as the water is heated from the surrounding air instead of using heating elements. While electric rates are low now no one knows where that is going to be in the future. What happened in Texas where the gamble did not pay off where in the future the low electricity rates are likely to be a thing of the past. --99.236.xxx.xxx

I use natural gas in my rentals because it is cheaper than electric, but that only works if you are on the gas mains. --76.178.xxx.xxx

North of FL? Probably not. --67.43.xxx.xxx

I am just south of Tampa, we don’t have ice cold water coming in to a home so a tankless electric will take up less space. Looking at a Rheem 2.4 or 3.5 tankless. Per Robert, I am going to Sarasota to check on Uponor commercial A pex that he recommended before. MYOB, GET a GREAT crimp tool-- not the EL CHEAPO yes, I want to get the best crimp as I may be changing other older rentals built in the 60s with copper in the floor. I would jump at the chance if we had natural gas but when they brought the pipeline across the gulf into our area they made the power plants convert to gas and did not need anyone else. --47.205.xxx.x

While the Uponor pex expansion tool is expensive made by Milwaukee it is much easier system to install pex. Commercial pex is about the same cost as the B type where the diameter of fittings is not restricted like the crimp pex. So a half inch pipe carries the same amount of water like a copper half inch. It is possible to install a Uponor sprinkler system with commercial pex piping or radiant floor heating. Found commercial plumbing supply operations do not sell the cheap big box store products as plumbing and heating contractors do not want or can afford call backs along need a product that will work in commercial and can be used in residential as well. One set for everything. If want more information about commercial Uponor pex then view some videos on You Tube about how to install and how it works. As A type pex bends more easily then fewer fittings where less chance for a leak. From experience found commercial products more expensive upfront but last much longer. Take commercial locks for example which are more difficult to break into along with no plastic parts. --99.236.xxx.xxx