At 1200.00 it should include the heater. Yet you never know today. The younger generation seem to be happy with the non sweated copper pipe connections.

I was sitting here wondering if a good plumber would have used them in your situation. Or is it a case since ninety percent or more on domestic applications all plastic is now used.

Has it perhaps increased their comfort level with various forms of compression devices? My son in law seems to have a real comfort zone with them and used them a lot in repair situations on old copper systems. Come to think about it when he was between real jobs and was maintaining two large motels about thirty years old his questions for me where endless at the time.