Noritz America has announced it will offer a 25-year warranty on the dual stainless steel heat exchangers used by four of its residential condensing models. This warranty is a decade longer than the longest warranty currently on the market in North America and more than double its previous warranty on these four products.
The 25-year warranty will apply to applications using any of four models in Noritz’s EZ Series of residential condensing tankless water heaters, first unveiled in April 2017; EZTR50, EZTR75, EZ98, and EZ111. All have a Uniform Energy Factor (UEF) of 0.96, and all are engineered for tank-replacement applications.
In addition to the dual stainless steel heat exchangers that, with proper maintenance, offer resistance to corrosion and scale buildup, the four water heater models share three design features. Unique to the EZ Series, these features are meant to reduce the upfront investment by curtailing the installation time and cost for the plumbing or HVACR contractor:
- Top-mount, hot-water and cold-water connections that reduce the amount of new plumbing work required by a tankless-for-tank replacement.
- Venting flexibility with four different options including outdoor (OD), direct vent (DV), single vent (SV) and 2-inch flex vent. The fourth option utilizes the existing B-Vent, formerly used by the tank water heater being replaced.
- The possibility of reusing the tank unit’s half-inch gas line, thus avoiding the expense of running a new gas line.
In addition to being offered separately for indoor or outdoor installation, these units are available in their own EZTR Bundle packages that include materials and accessories for direct indoor replacement of 50- and 75-gallon, tank-type water heaters.
“Noritz has always believed that our products offer contractors and their customers the very best quality in the tankless water heater industry, and now we are backing up that belief with this new warranty,” comments president and chief operating officer Jay Hassel.
“We are the only water heater manufacturer offering a warranty like this,” he continues. “It’s a bold statement, but contractors and their customers need to be confident in their purchases, and this warranty is intended to give them that confidence. Now installers can tell the homeowner ‘we install the Noritz EZ Series because it’s the best product with the water heater industry’s very best warranty.’”
For more information on the 25-year warranty, visit the website.