Rich Barber wrote:
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Here in our town in California, furnaces and water heaters are required
to be set up on an 18” high platform in an attempt to protect the
unsuspecting, forgetful and incautious from themselves. This is a
good idea and may be required elsewhere.
Sermonette over. Looking Forward to more interesting and less hazardous
discussions.
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
There is an additional side benefit to this requirement
should the water heater spring a leak, its OUT of the pool of water that
will collect, reducing the hazards of standing water and electricity.
not to mention, if you actually want to drain it for clean out purposes,
its elevated above the path you would be stringing your hose. We have
ours elevated like this and its NOT code here, just seemed to make sense
when we had to rebuild.
--
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hoosier Corps L#6
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