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Old 01-20-15, 01:26 PM   #79
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Originally Posted by Elcam84 View Post
Shouldn't be any way to get leaves in a sealed crawlspace. I would never put the waterheater in there especially not gas. Main problem being all the heat the hheater looses warms the crawlspace and heats the house. We do everything we can to eliminate heat going into the house. Our WH is in the middle of the house. When I remodel that part it will be moved to the garage where it belongs and go back to gas.
Sounds like heat is a big problem for you, living in the Lone Star state.

You might want to check out heat pump water heaters. They remove the heat from the air and their out put is hot water and cold air.

They also de-humidify.

You could leave the water heater right where it is...

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