Can I Put a Regular Hot Water Heater in a Mobile Home

Every major h2o heater manufacturer has models of h2o heaters specifically designed for mobile homes. Land Water Heaters, for instance, has the "Scout" line canonical for mobile homes. Water heaters that meet HUD standards have the post-obit characteristics:

1. Unremarkably side plumbed for cold water inlet.
2. Approved by a major national rating bureau as compliant with HUD standards for energy efficiency. To avert the possibility of carbon monoxide leakage into a mobile home when a gas h2o heater is installed, in that location must be a consummate separation of the combustion organisation from the interior air of the habitation. This can be accomplished by a "straight vent" sealed combustion system (although not all direct vent water heaters are HUD-approved) or by installing the water heater in a compartment that is sealed-off from the living expanse of the abode and only attainable from exterior.
3. Must have a non-adjustable temperature and force per unit area relief (TPR) valve.
4. A corrosion resistant catch pan and bleed to the exterior necessary under the water heater.
5. Water heater required to be secured in identify, ordinarily by a strap system.

   

    Simply water heaters that run into the published standards of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Evolution (HUD) under Championship 24 CFR Part 3280, "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards," are allowed by HUD to be installed in new mobile homes. H2o heaters that are not HUD-approved are often marked as such on the side of the tank by the manufacturer, like in the photo to a higher place, taken from the side of a standard Rheem residential gas water heater. Also, all water heaters that are approved for mobile homes will have sticker like the one below, on the side of a Bradford-White.

    Here's what "Part 3280.707(d)(ane) says:

    After a mobile home leaves the factory and is installed at a site, it is no longer under the oversight of HUD. Then, theoretically, you could install a non-canonical h2o heater when the fourth dimension comes for replacement. Some local jurisdictions check for HUD approval, all the same the ones that we know of don't. And other jurisdictions, such as the State of California, specifically land that a replacement water heater does not have to be HUD approved.

     Only what happens if the water heater causes an insurance merits? Will your homeowner's insurance honor the claim if the damage was caused past a not-approved apparatus? Also, will a home inspector like us call out the lack of HUD-approval for your replacement h2o heater when you sell the dwelling house? For these reasons, we recommend a HUD-approved replacement water heater. They are more than expensive than a standard water heater, merely a good manner to avoid time to come grief.

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Here's links to a collection of our blog posts about MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES:

• Where can I file a complaint if I accept problems with my new or used manufactured/mobile dwelling house in Florida?

• What are the well-nigh common defects in mobile/manufactured dwelling foundation piers?

• How do I determine the age of a very old mobile dwelling?

• What is a "HUD characterization verification letter" for a mobile/manufactured home?

• When did a ground cover vapor barrier (plastic sheet) become required under a mobile/manufactured abode?

• Is information technology safe to go nether a mobile home?

• Are older mobile homes unsafe?

• What practise I need to know near buying a foreclosed mobile home?

• Does it make sense to buy an older mobile habitation and remodel information technology?

• Where practice I find the vehicle identification number (VIN) on a mobile home?

• How exercise I detect out how sometime a mobile home is and who manufactured it?

• What is the right toll for a used mobile home?

• How energy efficient is a mobile home?

• When were the first double-wide mobile homes manufactured?

• How do I upgrade my old (pre-1976) mobile home to meet HUD standards?

• What size air conditioner is right for my mobile home?

• Can you move an older mobile home in Florida?

• What does the HUD tag expect like and where exercise I find it on a mobile home?

• Tin you put a zone 1 mobile home in Florida?

• How can I remove h2o under my mobile home?

• What'south the differences between a trailer, a mobile home, a manufactured home, and a modular home?

• What is a D-sticker mobile home?

• What are the tie-down requirements for a mobile home?

• How fireproof is a mobile home?

• Can I install a mobile home myself?

• What is a Park Model mobile home?

• Does an addition to a mobile dwelling house take to comply with the HUD Code?

• What walls can I remove in a mobile home?

• What can I practice to prevent dampness and mold in my mobile dwelling house?

• How can I tell if a mobile home is well constructed?

• How can I tell the difference between a manufactured abode and a modular home?

      Visit our MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES  page for other related weblog posts on this discipline, or go to the INDEX for a complete listing of all our articles.

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