Tankless Water Heater in Peachtree City, GA

Peachtree City in brief

Peachtree City is a planned community chartered in 1959, organized into villages linked by golf cart paths. The median home was built in 1993 and about 14% predate 1980. Fayette County Water System supplies water from Lake Kedron, Lake Peachtree, Lake Horton and Lake McIntosh, disinfected with chlorine (chlorine dioxide is also reported), and reports zero lead or lead-exposing material in its distribution system. Atlanta Gas Light is the gas operator for Fayette County.

What to do now

1. Gas smell? Leave first. From outside, call 911 and Atlanta Gas Light at 877.427.4321.
2. Write down any code. Tankless displays show numbers that point to the fault.
3. Check the vent cap. Leaves and debris near the lakes can block a sidewall termination.
4. Gather the details. Heater age, fuel type and the number of bathrooms.
5. Do not email the permit. The city asks that applications go through its portal or the main desk.

Symptom guide

Cost factors

• Gas pipe size from the AGL meter
• Vent route and length
• Condensate drain for condensing models, which ultimately runs to the WASA sewer
• Unit capacity and recirculation in larger homes
• City trade permit from the Building Department at 153 Willowbend Road

Fayette County's report does not state hardness, so a quick water test helps decide how often to flush the unit.

Most Peachtree City homes from the 1980s and 1990s keep the heater in a garage, which is the easiest spot for a wall-hung tankless unit and a short sidewall vent. Some lake-area homes have the heater in a basement mechanical room, which works too, as long as the vent can reach an outside wall within the maker's length limit. Sewer spills or overflows go to WASA, at (770) 487-7993 during business hours or (678) 300-0196 after hours, not to the county water system.