A week ago, we featured a Vicksburg, Mississippi bathroom with a water heater right next to the bathtub. Now we found another one in a Wickenburg, Arizona bathroom. It looks ugly. Why not enclose it or cover it up?
Was it properly installed? Exposed wiring. Tubes held to the wall with wire. No pressure relief valve and/or The pressure relief valve pipe should not go up; it should point downward for proper escape.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Picky // Jun 19, 2012 at 12:20 pm
People thought we were nuts, but I really like having the water heater outside. It is cleaner, I feel safe and it doesn’t heat up my home. Just have to keep the building clean and keep it sheltered. And no more destroyed furnishings if it leaks or pops the pressure relief valve.
2 mac // Jun 19, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Is that what happened to the rest of the bathroom? A leaky waterheater?
3 TLynn // Jun 19, 2012 at 6:13 pm
The person installing it probably wanted to hurry up and get out of there.
4 karen // Jun 19, 2012 at 6:31 pm
The center pipe is the pressure valve. it has a yellow tag on it and copper drain line!
5 Mark Henderson // Jun 19, 2012 at 6:57 pm
“It looks ugly. Why not enclose it or cover it up?”
Really? Did you look at that room?
Do you think they give a sh*t how it looks?
Too funny………
6 Sackville real estate // Jun 20, 2012 at 7:58 am
It really is ugly. I prefer having the water heater installed outside. Not only it saves you from getting electric shocks but also keep your bathroom cool. Beside this you also get some extra space.
7 Greeney // Feb 13, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Why not put it in the basement?
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