Does Water Heater Sit On Floor

My advice is it is still a water heater unit and ought to be raised 18 inches off the ground to avoid issues with the government.

Does water heater sit on floor.

They sat it directly on the floor not on blocks or a stand. New water heaters or water heaters that are placed on an un level surface need to be leveled and shimmed for them to work properly. How to level a hot water heater with shims. 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.

Every water heater i ve ever had has always had short legs under it to raise it 2 3 inches off the floor. Home depot came in and installed a new ge water heater i think it s a rebranded rheem. I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement. It is not necessary for electric water heaters or gas water heaters manufactured after mid 2003.

The installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater. The floor drain is about 3 away. The uniform plumbing code which establishes standards nationwide says that the flame or sparking mechanism in a gas water heater must be at least 18 inches off the ground. Looking at home depot s site it looks like the rheem units they sell all come with no legs and sit directly on the floor as with the richmond units i see at menards.

Buy a water heater stand and watch your water heater last for generations. All real estate. The basement floor is concrete. 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.

Any water heater with an ignition source needs to stay high such that the ignition source is not shorter than 18 inches above the floor. It just sits directly on the concrete floor. I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something.