Can Hot Water Heater Sit On Concrete Floor

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Can hot water heater sit on concrete floor.

Water heater sitting on concrete. The installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater. Gas direct vent fireplaces that are placed on concrete are recommended to have a thermal energy break but not required. Floor plancher i m in canada.

The code states that appliances having an ignition source shall be elevated not less than 18 inches 457 mm above the floor in garages and the purpose of this stipulation is fire safety. I m just trying to decide how close i can go to the water heater with the laminate flooring. Seems like i ve heard that s not a good idea to have electric water heaters installed directly on a concrete floor but can t recall the reasoning. For older homes or unfinished basements the hot water heater is often raised either sitting on a square platform of flat faces of cinder blocks landscape.

The basement floor is concrete. The tank itself is not in direct contact with the slab so there is limited heat transfer esp. Corrosion can occur over time with contact to cement. They need to come back and at the least put a a foam pad under it.

Are they just left standing on the floor. In your case as long as the concrete is dry you re probably fine to have the heater sitting on the floor. They are just like a furnace. Our water heater needs replacement.

Quite simply concrete floor radiant heat is a system of pex tubes that carry hot water throughout a concrete floor or slab. In my experience realtor who s been through many houses hot water heaters are usually on the concrete slab in the utility area for newer homes or for home with a finished basement. Combustible i m installaing some laminate flooring in the area where the water heater is currently sitting in the basement on the unfinished concrete. What raises concern about installing a water heater directly on the floor is if it develops a small leak it could be quite a while.

Plancher is just the french word for floor. The one thing that has taken us aback is that most of the water heaters we have seen do not have legs. Is it ok for a water heater to be sitting directly on a concrete floor rather than above it on blocks or an above the ground platform. We have been looking at various manufacturers of water heaters on the internet.

With the advent of fvir heaters you shouldn t need to elevate it but codes may not have caught up yet with heater design.