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Yea, the new location would put it on the same side of the house as the kitchen and master suite. The water heater is currently on the other end of the house.
Do you have any closet space or awkward corner to use instead of the attic or garage?
For those who have a water heater located in the attic, above the living space, I highly recommend a product like the "Floodmaster". At my last house, the water heater burst while we were gone for 12 hours setting up and attending a family wedding. Water poured through the ceiling.
The Floodmaster has a sensor that closes the water pipe as soon as a drop of water hits the sensor. Then you are looking at the contents of the water heater leaking out instead of endless amounts of water. I put the sensor in the drain pan where water would collect. I don't have anything to do with this product, other than being a customer, but I wanted to warn others. $100 is a good investment to save a lot of future damaged property.
Again, there are other products like it. I don't work for Floodmaster. I just think every water heater should have one of these when installed in an attic. New Floodstop Water Heater Auto-Shutoff Valve FS3/4NPT v4 (Lead free) - Other Products - Amazon.com
You can't put a heat pump water heater in a closet...
I thought that option was already disposed of due to equipment cost.
The repipe and rewire work alone is more than the OP wants to pay...
on top of a basic $3-400 water heater (and all he actually needs).
Heck, he might even be able to reuse the existing WH there.
I thought that option was already disposed of due to equipment cost.
The repipe and rewire work alone is more than the OP wants to pay...
on top of a basic $3-400 water heater (and all he actually needs).
Heck, he might even be able to reuse the existing WH there.
Nah, incentives and a possible tax credit would pay the difference in equipment costs. I'm hoping to get an idea of fair labor costs to relocate the water heater. I have a large garage/workshop that would be an ideal location.
How many people and how many hours would it take? I figure 2 people could knock it out in 4 hours. That would be 600-1200 labor and maybe $200 is supplies. The tanks go for 1000-1200. So I'm thinking about $2,000 for the project. You said $4000, so what am I missing?
I'm hoping to get an idea of fair labor costs to relocate the water heater.
How many people and how many hours would it take?
That requires a qualified someone ON SITE to calculate.
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I figure 2 people could knock it out in 4 hours.
That would be 600-1200 labor and maybe $200 is supplies.
The tanks go for 1000-1200.
So I'm thinking about $2,000 for the project.
You said $4000, so what am I missing?
That I'm not on site.
Had you offered the above detail before...
well, I'd still point you toward a standard WH
I'm looking for a range, best case-worse case. I think the 4k covers worst case. If you were on site, what would you be looking for? A viable electric panel is about 5 ft from the desired location. Plumbing is in the crawl space, 3/4 pex running the length of the house with 1/2 pex branching off for fixtures. The hot and cold water pipes are probably 15 ft away. Location is near an exterior wall to allow condensate drain. What else?
Best of luck with your project... I just upgraded to an 80-gallon hybrid water heater. It's installed in my garage, where the unit it replaced was a low-boy 38-gallon in the laundry room (adjacent to the garage). Since the new unit is basically in the same place (just on the other side of the wall), it wasn't terribly hard to move the electric and run the additional piping.
Your project is definitely more involved, but I do understand your motivation.
I'm looking for a range, best case-worse case. I think the 4k covers worst case. If you were on site, what would you be looking for? A viable electric panel is about 5 ft from the desired location. Plumbing is in the crawl space, 3/4 pex running the length of the house with 1/2 pex branching off for fixtures. The hot and cold water pipes are probably 15 ft away. Location is near an exterior wall to allow condensate drain. What else?
FWIW, I just did something similar. I moved my water heater (conventional electric) from a closet in the hallway to the garage about 50 ft away and had the contractor install a recirculating pump. Total cost was about $2500, but I used the existing water heater. Your costs will depend on where the pipes run (mine go through the attic) and how much of the plumbing and electrical will have to be redone. The recirculating pump was the cheapest option for me; I would have liked passive solar, but even those systems seem hideously expensive (about $4000).
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