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Rinnai On-Demand Water Heaters

Bob and Chris Vila check out the Rinnai on-demand water heaters that will control the domestic hot water and radiators in the Manhattan Brownstone apartment. A Rinnai residential unit will heat the water for showers, sinks, and all domestic use. A commercial unit will heat the water for the perimeter radiant heating in the apartment.

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Rinnai On-Demand Water Heaters

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" This is the residential unit from rinnai this is basically this all our hot water for the showers. Now we've also installed a commercial unit which is giving us all of the perimeter heating and cheating on the radiators and so we get two different sources one's for domestic water hot water and the other one's for heating the apartment."

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