City Gas Water Heater

[gimz63251073 0]

Went to 1 ID firm last nite, being advise to us for considering installing either elect heater/storage heater because city gas water heater sometimes took abt 10-15mins for it to have hot/warm water upon turning on the tap. Is it true? Because i don't get to see from citygas website stated how long does it takes to have warm/hot water after turning on the tap. Any kind soul that has installed, can hear from your feedback? Thanks.

if u install instant heater, he can charge u more for installation and electrical point. more revenue for him.

you might want to dump the irresponsible/unethical ID as he is simply bullsh1tting due to his lack of knowledge or simply want to chop more money out from you.

Truth: it never took more than 15seconds to feel hot water when i am using the shower.

[knightskid 1]

if u install instant heater, he can charge u more for installation and electrical point. more revenue for him.

you might want to dump the irresponsible/unethical ID as he is simply bullsh1tting due to his lack of knowledge or simply want to chop more money out from you.

Truth: it never took more than 15seconds to feel hot water when i am using the shower.

Bro, dun condemn the id yet, cos he jus advise us to considering instant/storage water heater instead of gas water heater, and he did told us to find out more info frm renotalk forum n singaporebrides forum to search for more reviews. But i didn't manage to get much reviews and those reviews which I manage to find are few yrs back posting which cannot use it for now, reason is the equipment will be improving along the way...

One thing i like him is he did suggested us to do plastering over existing tiles on kitchen to save $$$ on hacking n installing new tiles, reason is becos we seldom cook. Which so far none of the id we went, suggested it to us though we did highlight to them abt we seldom cook at home. But I am still find it not safe if jus plastering cos dunno in future will the grout line appear visibly in 1 or 2 yrs time....

[steelze 0]

Bro, dun condemn the id yet, cos he jus advise us to considering instant/storage water heater instead of gas water heater, and he did told us to find out more info frm renotalk forum n singaporebrides forum to search for more reviews. But i didn't manage to get much reviews and those reviews which I manage to find are few yrs back posting which cannot use it for now, reason is the equipment will be improving along the way...

One thing i like him is he did suggested us to do plastering over existing tiles on kitchen to save $$$ on hacking n installing new tiles, reason is becos we seldom cook. Which so far none of the id we went, suggested it to us though we did highlight to them abt we seldom cook at home. But I am still find it not safe if jus plastering cos dunno in future will the grout line appear visibly in 1 or 2 yrs time....

I also quite pissed with the ids n contractors when i asked them abt citygas. None of them able to advise me properly. I dunno which r the things to install and where to install the heater.

[gimz63251073 0]

Bro, dun condemn the id yet, cos he jus advise us to considering instant/storage water heater instead of gas water heater, and he did told us to find out more info frm renotalk forum n singaporebrides forum to search for more reviews. But i didn't manage to get much reviews and those reviews which I manage to find are few yrs back posting which cannot use it for now, reason is the equipment will be improving along the way...

One thing i like him is he did suggested us to do plastering over existing tiles on kitchen to save $$$ on hacking n installing new tiles, reason is becos we seldom cook. Which so far none of the id we went, suggested it to us though we did highlight to them abt we seldom cook at home. But I am still find it not safe if jus plastering cos dunno in future will the grout line appear visibly in 1 or 2 yrs time....

i see...my apologies.

many contractors will simply tell u thats some things are lousy and psycho u to get other things if they do not have lobang for it.

For instance, if you listen to contractor and get instant heater, he can charge u:

- electrical point and switch for heater(s)

- installation of heater

- buying of heater

By letting u get a citygas heater, he earn $0.

ok, i shall try to write a review with pictures for citygas heater over the weekend. Hope it will help others to make a informed decision. Will cover as much as i can..

For the kitchen wall tiles, usual options:

- hack and relay whole kitchen

- hack the relay exposed parts

- hack and screed whole kitchen.

- spray paint over exposed areas (no more dirty grout!)

Grind and plaster, not sure how long it will last, plaster tend to have crack lines very fast.

[gimz63251073 0]

I also quite pissed with the ids n contractors when i asked them abt citygas. None of them able to advise me properly. I dunno which r the things to install and where to install the heater.

becos they cannot earn from it mah.

drop by SP services at somerset, got sales person there.

[fongfamily01 0]

Any user experience of how fast the warm water can be ready?

I know storage type need to wait abt 10mins.

My new house is using Citygas by previous owner and the unit is down.

I'm thinking to change all to instant water heater since I'm doing reno as I don't like the 'waiting' time.

Hope to get some feedback....

[knightskid 1]

I did sent an email enquiry to spservices, hope to get their reply regarding the time taken from cold to hot.

[knightskid 1]

i see...my apologies.

many contractors will simply tell u thats some things are lousy and psycho u to get other things if they do not have lobang for it.

For instance, if you listen to contractor and get instant heater, he can charge u:

- electrical point and switch for heater(s)

- installation of heater

- buying of heater

By letting u get a citygas heater, he earn $0.

ok, i shall try to write a review with pictures for citygas heater over the weekend. Hope it will help others to make a informed decision. Will cover as much as i can..

For the kitchen wall tiles, usual options:

- hack and relay whole kitchen

- hack the relay exposed parts

- hack and screed whole kitchen.

- spray paint over exposed areas (no more dirty grout!)

Grind and plaster, not sure how long it will last, plaster tend to have crack lines very fast.

No worry bro, i should be the one to apologise.....cos i didn't explain it clear on my initial post...which gives u guys wrong impression on ids/contractors.

[user123 5]

if u install instant heater, he can charge u more for installation and electrical point. more revenue for him.

you might want to dump the irresponsible/unethical ID as he is simply bullsh1tting due to his lack of knowledge or simply want to chop more money out from you.

Truth: it never took more than 15seconds to feel hot water when i am using the shower.

I have this concern too.... while turning on the tap for 15sec before the water turns hots (depends on the length of the pipe from the heater to the shower head too), this will waste X sec of water... who wanna stand in cold shower (esp. in the morning) while waiting for the hot water to reach the shower head?

[advancer 0]

ok guys let me clear all the doubts.

How long it takes for you to feel the hot water depends on how far the water heater (length of water pipe run)is installed from you toilet.

The citygas water heater must be installed in the kitchen (correct me if i am wrong).

At my parents place where the common toilet is far from the kitchen, i can only feel hot water after 1 minute. That is why i need to let water run into a pail before i start showering.

At my new place, as the water heater is installed just outside the common toilet entrance (as u can see from my t-blog), water takes only about 10 secs to get hot.

I all depends on how far the water pipe is travelling, as simple as that.

Hope it helps clear the doubt.

[ikeaboy 0]

I'm also thinking of getting the gas water heater. I am concerned about another matter though.

One ID told me that if you hang your clothes near the gas water heater, the burning of fire at the water heater will cause black spots at the clothes. I think he was referring to carbon or something being emitted from the fire and then dirtying the clothes. But I think that's quite unlikely since the fire burns gas directly, which is very polution-free.

Those who are using it, any such problem?

[steelze 0]

i just called up the city gas customer svc. this lady told me that rain shower is not recommended for city gas water heater.

but she said can arrange for their sales person to do site visit at my new place to examine the water pressure.

[gimz63251073 0]

i was told while shopping at many shops: to play safe, rain shower always need storage heater.

no shop owner or sales man dare to recommend instant heater+rain shower set up to us.

city gas heater, i believe, was made to provide an alternative to instant heaters...i.e. install one gas heater instead of 2 instant heaters. With a 7l storage for citygas, i doubt it can be a joy using the rain shower.

[neubie 2]

i just called up the city gas customer svc. this lady told me that rain shower is not recommended for city gas water heater.

but she said can arrange for their sales person to do site visit at my new place to examine the water pressure.

so meaning, rainshower will be less frenly on the pockets, since utility bills will be much higher due to the power consumption used for electric storage heater and water usage higher?

[bobztoise 0]

Hi~~ I also using the citygas water heater and hansgrohe rainshower~haha ..... but my renovation haven't done yet~ So i can't tell you how's the result:dunno:

But what i heard from the hasgrohe salesman, they actually not suggest, bec mayb at the end you can't really get the rainshower feel~ But we still insist to install the citygas water heater, bec my house is low floor and the water pressure for my house is quite big, so think for long term, then we "bok" lo~ haha..

I may start use it frm end of oct, you two rush? if not rush, after i use it, i share with you my feel again~haha

Hi,

any updates?

i am also thinking of buying this but every shop i asked says cannot install rain shower