Moving my HW tank outside.
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 7:37 pm
The great outdoors for my hot water tank
I live in a mobile home and as in all mobile homes space is a premium.
We are in the process of remodeling the master bath which has the hot water tank in an enclosed area. The tank itself is in need of replacement and my plan is to get a new tank and move it outdoors. This will reclaim the area that the tank is in and open up the toilet shower area. My outdoor enclosure for the new tank will be a RubberMaid type and also give me some room for rakes and shovels.
1) do I have restrictions on the type of tank I can use in a mobile home ? Or because it’s outside it shouldn’t matter ?
2) I plan on a 50 gal tank. Besides the size does it matter if it’s a tall or short tank ? Mine now is a tall boy.
3) I live in central Florida and I think having it outside I would also save some on heating the tank because of the hot temps we get.
4) any other ideas ?
Thanks
I live in a mobile home and as in all mobile homes space is a premium.
We are in the process of remodeling the master bath which has the hot water tank in an enclosed area. The tank itself is in need of replacement and my plan is to get a new tank and move it outdoors. This will reclaim the area that the tank is in and open up the toilet shower area. My outdoor enclosure for the new tank will be a RubberMaid type and also give me some room for rakes and shovels.
1) do I have restrictions on the type of tank I can use in a mobile home ? Or because it’s outside it shouldn’t matter ?
2) I plan on a 50 gal tank. Besides the size does it matter if it’s a tall or short tank ? Mine now is a tall boy.
3) I live in central Florida and I think having it outside I would also save some on heating the tank because of the hot temps we get.
4) any other ideas ?
Thanks