Water Heater Directly On Concrete Floor

Home depot came in and installed a new ge water heater i think it s a rebranded rheem.

Water heater directly on concrete floor.

It just sits directly on the concrete floor. While hot water and air based radiant. I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something. Gas water heaters in most cases are not an issue as the tank is above the burner i am assuming you have electric.

I have never seen a hot water heater that was not sitting on legs or concrete blocks. Quite simply concrete floor radiant heat is a system of pex tubes that carry hot water throughout a concrete floor or slab. They sat it directly on the floor not on blocks or a stand. Even when we were going through that big seal up everything movement a few years ago i haven t seen any product designed to provide a thermal break on water heaters that are directly placed on concrete.

I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement. You can step onto a warm and inviting floor even one built on a concrete slab by adding in floor heating. Is it ok for a water heater to be sitting directly on a concrete floor rather than above it on blocks or. 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.

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. The floor drain is about 3 away. How to add floor heating over existing concrete.