Originally Posted by
Matt Fellman
A couple weeks ago this topic went around and I got some info from a friend at the county inspection office that I wanted to pass along.
The tanks have to have this rating to be allowed to rest directly on a garage floor.
Z21.10.1
Matt, that is for your area and that AHJ. It is different all around the country. Regardless of what the model of water heater many AHJ's require them to be elevated.