Nicholas Roe
New Member
Hello
I have a water heater from 1994 that is leaking. I live in Charlotte NC. I’m thinking about going tankless. My concern is that it would be in my crawl space. Fully enclosured crawl space. I have plenty of room all around the tank currently and I don’t really want to move it inside as there isn’t a good spot for it. Most electric tankless are for inside installation it seems. Currently Pex throughout the house. Haven’t had a issue with freezing as it very rarely gets that cold. Small house, small demand. No kids.
So 1: would it be ok putting a Rheem RTEX-13 in a crawl space? Or a something similar to that one.
2: if freezing is a concern can I just put it in inside a enclosure?
3: would it perform ok down there?
4: anything else I should consider?
I have a water heater from 1994 that is leaking. I live in Charlotte NC. I’m thinking about going tankless. My concern is that it would be in my crawl space. Fully enclosured crawl space. I have plenty of room all around the tank currently and I don’t really want to move it inside as there isn’t a good spot for it. Most electric tankless are for inside installation it seems. Currently Pex throughout the house. Haven’t had a issue with freezing as it very rarely gets that cold. Small house, small demand. No kids.
So 1: would it be ok putting a Rheem RTEX-13 in a crawl space? Or a something similar to that one.
2: if freezing is a concern can I just put it in inside a enclosure?
3: would it perform ok down there?
4: anything else I should consider?