Does Water Heater Sit On Floor

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

Does water heater sit on floor. They sat it directly on the floor not on blocks or a stand. The floor drain is about 3 away. Every water heater i ve ever had has always had short legs under it to raise it 2 3 inches off the floor. Buy a water heater stand and watch your water heater last for generations.

It just sits directly on the concrete floor. It is not necessary for electric water heaters or gas water heaters manufactured after mid 2003. How to level a hot water heater with shims. 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.

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. All real estate. 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. 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.

I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement. I have never seen a hot water heater that was not sitting on legs or concrete blocks. I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something. 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. 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. The installer didn t bother putting anything under the electric water heater.