Removal of used appliances from house

[MikeC]

I think there is something in the IRC that regulates this. I recently came upon a house that has two old water heaters (soon to be three) in the crawl space. I seem to remember something in the 2009 IRC that requires removal of the old appliance when a new replacement is installed. I can't find it now. Does anybody know what I am talking about?

 

[Glenn]

I do not recall that anything in the IRC that would require that specifically the way you state it.

However, do look at R408.5 and see how you would interpret it. I think that may be what you are remembering.

 

[mjesse]

I think that's a stretch.

What if the owner is an antique water heater collector/enthusiast?

mj

 

[MikeC]

Hmmm, I thought it was discussed in a Residential Mechanical class that I took a few years back. I must have been mistaken. I guess that is why I can't find it anywhere in the IRC. Thanks.

IRC 408.5 is definitely not what I remember. It was specific to replacement of appliances. It must have been part of a dream that I had :-?

 

[fatboy]

Agree with the folks above, old water heater retirement home......

 

[mjesse]

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[ICE]

It must have been part of a dream that I had :-?

I once had a dream about a water heater...at Christie Brinkley's house.

 

[SCBO1]

ICE,

Was the water heater cut in half and made into bunk beds with you in one and Christie in the other?

pc1