Most Ottawa homeowners use electric or gas hot water heaters, however propane hot water tanks and propane tankless are also popular in the Ottawa valley areas such as Greely, Stittsville, Carp and Manotick and some areas in the city where natural gas isn’t available yet.
Although more and more homeowners in Ottawa are choosing to buy rather than rent hot water tanks (it is much cheaper in the long run to buy a hot water heater than rent) there is still a good number of residential homes where either gas and electric hot water tanks are often rented from one of the larger province wide contractors. These companies actually pay Enbridge gas a percentage of your rental to allow them to bill you through your Enbridge gas bill but they are not part of your actual gas bill.
Whether you buy a hot water heater or rent yours there are a few things you need to know.