You can use an appliance dolly with a ratchet strap but first place.
Moving hot water heater from attic.
I am considering moving it entirely to the attic but am seeing conflicting pros.
Another option is to choose a tankless water heaterto be installed in your attic.
This is far less expensive than your water heater leaking and causing thousands of dollars worth of water damage.
My gas hot water heater is in a closet 1 2 in the attic current height makes maintenance easy fwiw.
A new 40 gal gas hot water heater cost me 347 at lowes plus another 50 60 for associated parts.
You can probably get some pretty good free advice on this by calling one or two plumbers to come out and give you a quote and a recommendation.
It s not as easy as just picking it up moving it and reconnecting it.
The morons who did the hvac in this house clearly gave no thought to ease of replacement of the hot water heater.
Replacing your tank type water heater in the attic with a tankless unit is a much safer alternative and one that nick s plumbing and sewer services would be happy to discuss with you.
Moving hot water heater to attic questions posted by eatpie on 7 22 19 at 2 28 pm.
I am slowly remodeling my post ww2 house in louisiana near baton rouge.
What actually goes in to moving a water heater.
An easy way to move a water heater to and from the attic.
If you wish to keep using a tank type water heater but are thinking about moving it out of the attic and into a safer place give nick s plumbing and sewer services a call.
Are going to do this yourself.
Already have an estimate.
It s a pretty big deal to move a hot water heater even more so if it s gas or oil.
If the builder has already installed your water heater in the attic you can get it moved to another location in the house or into the garage.
That s when i found out the other disadvantage of having a hot water heater in the attic replacing it is a major production.
When moving a water heater it is imperative that you are gentle with it and that you move it in a horizontal position.
Finally once the location is chosen it s all about moving the water heater this is the part that most people don t really think about.
