Water Heater Directly On Concrete Floor

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.

Water heater directly on concrete floor.

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. How to add floor heating over existing concrete. The basement floor is concrete.

While hot water and air based radiant. I just had a new hot water heater installed and it is sitting directly on the concrete floor in my basement. They sat it directly on the floor not on blocks or a stand. 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.

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. Is it ok for a water heater to be sitting directly on a concrete floor rather than above it on blocks or. Home depot came in and installed a new ge water heater i think it s a rebranded rheem. It just sits directly on the concrete floor.

I am just wondering if i should call the installer back and have him put it up on something. Quite simply concrete floor radiant heat is a system of pex tubes that carry hot water throughout a concrete floor or slab. I have never seen a hot water heater that was not sitting on legs or concrete blocks.