Well-placed tankless water heaters are a solution to the many hot water needs on ranches and farms. Quality 1st Plumbing & Drains, supplier of tankless water heaters for Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo County rural communities.

Along with household needs for hot water, rural life has extraordinary uses for warm or hot water that are often not met, or insufficiently met. Hauling hot water from the house to the barn isn’t an easy task. The convenience of an electricity or propane-powered tankless water heater in the barn is more than convenient; it’s practically necessary.

How does a tankless water heater make ranch life easier?

Access to warm or hot water when it’s needed streamlines daily chores, can make emergencies a little less stressful, helps keep animals healthy and comfortable, and makes much of the work run more smoothly.

• Cleaning and sanitizing—Hot water is essential for cleaning and sanitizing dairy equipment, buckets, feeders, and water troughs to prevent bacteria buildup. Using warm water to hose down barns, coops, stalls, and pens helps reduce parasites and disease-causing organisms.
• Animal care—Bathing show animals, cleaning wounds, keeping drinking water between 45-65°F to encourage sufficient water consumption during cold weather. Available warm water during veterinary visits can make the medical care more effective.
• Barn laundry room—Washing leg wraps, saddle blankets, horse, cattle, or goat blankets, and a variety of other laundry that builds up during daily chores is a major time-saver. No more midnight trips to the laundromat to wash horse blankets when no one else is around, or cleaning the household washer to remove all traces of animal hair. Access to warm water helps cleaning tack go faster, too. Quality 1st can install tankless water heaters anywhere on a Paso Robles farm or ranch.
• Food preparation—warm mashes for picky eaters, animals with dental issues, or recovering from fox-tail infections, ailing livestock, or as a special reward for hard-working horses.
• Greenhouses—Watering seedlings and delicate plants with warm water helps them through the cold late winter and early spring days.
• Winter maintenance—a little warm water keeps the troughs, pipes, and water from freezing. Breaking ice on the water trough on cold mornings is one less chore that needs to be done. Livestock have plenty of fresh drinking water around the clock.
• Artisanal and farm products— Many small farms and ranches use hot water for preparing artisanal products for market, such as botanical products, canning, and jams and jellies. A tankless water heater available for the production room provides warm or hot water on demand for preparing fruit and vegetables, and eggs.
• In the home—Ranch and farm homes have the same household needs for hot water as town living; cooking, bathing, laundry, and cleaning. Rural life often means more laundry, a lot more cleaning, and more frequent showers. Hot water on demand is a water and cost savings feature.

Propane or electricity-powered, sizes, and benefits

Many rural operations rely on propane for powering home and farming operations. Tankless water heaters are available for propane or electric power. They come in various sizes, based on the amount of expected water usage.

The Quality 1st plumber can help you determine which size is best for your operation. Whole-house water heaters support the greatest amount of use. However, it may not be feasible to connect the home tankless water heater to the barn’s plumbing.

A tankless water heater from the Paso Robles Quality 1st Plumbing & Drains may very well be a solution to making ranch and farm life just a little easier.

Unlike traditional water heaters that store a finite amount of hot water in a tank, tankless systems heat water on demand. This means you have hot water when you need it, and the water heater isn’t using up energy to keep a tank full of water hot. Benefits include:

• Tankless water heaters are energy-efficient, water-efficient and last twice as long as traditional water heaters.
• A very convenient way for saving money on your energy bill, saving money on your water bill, and having less impact on the environment?
• Last up to 20 years, almost twice as long as a traditional water heater. One of the reasons for their extended usefulness is the reduced risk of damage from rust, leaks and the associated water damage to buildings.
• Tankless water heaters are compact and wall-mounted, which means they take up very little space, compared to traditional water heaters.

Want to know more? Call Quality 1st Plumbing & Drains today!