Corrosion can occur over time with contact to cement.
Can hot water heater sit on concrete floor.
It just sits directly on the concrete floor.
Gas direct vent fireplaces that are placed on concrete are recommended to have a thermal energy break but not required.
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 installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater.
They need to come back and at the least put a a foam pad under it.
Combustible i m installaing some laminate flooring in the area where the water heater is currently sitting in the basement on the unfinished concrete.
Radiant heat can be an electrical heating element embedded into a very thin concrete overlay then tiled carpeted or have wood flooring installed over it.
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.
Our water heater needs replacement.
With a standing pilot.
Plancher is just the french word for floor.
In your case as long as the concrete is dry you re probably fine to have the heater sitting on the floor.
Floor plancher i m in canada.
Water heater sitting on concrete.
They are just like a furnace.
It is not necessary for electric water heaters or gas water heaters manufactured after mid 2003.
The one thing that has taken us aback is that most of the water heaters we have seen do not have legs.
The tank itself is not in direct contact with the slab so there is limited heat transfer esp.
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.
With the advent of fvir heaters you shouldn t need to elevate it but codes may not have caught up yet with heater design.
We have been looking at various manufacturers of water heaters on the internet.
Quite simply concrete floor radiant heat is a system of pex tubes that carry hot water throughout a concrete floor or slab.
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.
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.
The basement floor is concrete.
