Water Heater Directly On Concrete Floor

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

Water heater directly on concrete floor.

The installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater. Quite simply concrete floor radiant heat is a system of pex tubes that carry hot water throughout a concrete floor or slab. I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement. I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something.

The floor drain is about 3 away. You can step onto a warm and inviting floor even one built on a concrete slab by adding in floor heating. 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. Home depot came in and installed a new ge water heater i think it s a rebranded rheem.

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. Gas water heaters in most cases are not an issue as the tank is above the burner i am assuming you have electric. Is it ok for a water heater to be sitting directly on a concrete floor rather than above it on blocks or. I have never seen a hot water heater that was not sitting on legs or concrete blocks.

The basement floor is concrete. It just sits directly on the concrete floor. How to add floor heating over existing concrete.