Does Water Heater Sit On Floor

They sat it directly on the floor not on blocks or a stand.

Does water heater sit on floor.

The installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater. It just sits directly on the concrete floor. All real estate. Is it ok for a water heater to be sitting directly on a concrete floor rather than above it on blocks or.

Buy a water heater stand and watch your water heater last for generations. 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. 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. I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement.

I just had my 50 gas water heater replaced because it was 13 years old and i figured sooner or later it s gonna bust and flood the basement. How to level a hot water heater with shims. 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. It is not necessary for electric water heaters or gas water heaters manufactured after mid 2003.

Every water heater i ve ever had has always had short legs under it to raise it 2 3 inches off the floor. I have never seen a hot water heater that was not sitting on legs or concrete blocks. 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. I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something.

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. Home depot came in and installed a new ge water heater i think it s a rebranded rheem. The basement floor is concrete.