Glennman CBO
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Anyone ever read in the installation manual for an electric water heater the requirement that it be installed on a hard, non combustible surface?
I don't have a manual to refer to, and this is coming from an adjacent jurisdiction, but the inspector had the builder remove the R-10 foam pad from under the heater due to an apparent reference from the installation manual that the water heater be installed on a hard, non combustible surface. In our jurisiction, there is a requirement for R-10 insulation to be installed if its being placed on a concrete slab.
I don't know how many I've approved where the heater is on a wood floor, and in a plastic pan to boot (gas of course needs a metal pan).
Anyone ever run across this, and have you ever read this in an installation manual?
Thanks all!
I don't have a manual to refer to, and this is coming from an adjacent jurisdiction, but the inspector had the builder remove the R-10 foam pad from under the heater due to an apparent reference from the installation manual that the water heater be installed on a hard, non combustible surface. In our jurisiction, there is a requirement for R-10 insulation to be installed if its being placed on a concrete slab.
I don't know how many I've approved where the heater is on a wood floor, and in a plastic pan to boot (gas of course needs a metal pan).
Anyone ever run across this, and have you ever read this in an installation manual?
Thanks all!