Moving Hot Water Heater To Attic

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Moving hot water heater to attic. I am considering moving it entirely to the attic but am seeing conflicting pros. The morons who did the hvac in this house clearly gave no thought to ease of replacement of the hot water heater. If you wish to keep using a tank type water heater but are thinking about moving it out of the attic and into a safer place give nick s plumbing and sewer services a call. You can use an appliance dolly with a ratchet strap but first place.

When moving a water heater it is imperative that you are gentle with it and that you move it in a horizontal position. If the builder has already installed your water heater in the attic you can get it moved to another location in the house or into the garage. A new 40 gal gas hot water heater cost me 347 at lowes plus another 50 60 for associated parts. Is the hot water heater gas electric oil solar nuclear gerbil powered.

Water heater i would say probably about 1000 1500 typically for this type of move depends a lot on how close existing cold and hot water lines and gas lines are to the garage because you can commonly tap in nearly anywhere on those lines don t necessarily have to come back to the closet with new lines from the heater to tap into the. We ll come out to your home assess your water heater relocation and give you a free estimate on the spot. I am slowly remodeling my post ww2 house in louisiana near baton rouge. This is far less expensive than your water heater leaking and causing thousands of dollars worth of water damage.

It s not as easy as just picking it up moving it and reconnecting it. Are going to do this yourself. What actually goes in to moving a water heater. Replacing your tank type water heater in the attic with a tankless unit is a much safer alternative and one that nick s plumbing and sewer services would be happy to discuss with you.

You can probably get some pretty good free advice on this by calling one or two plumbers to come out and give you a quote and a recommendation. It s a pretty big deal to move a hot water heater even more so if it s gas or oil. My gas hot water heater is in a closet 1 2 in the attic current height makes maintenance easy fwiw. Moving hot water heater to attic questions posted by eatpie on 7 22 19 at 2 28 pm.