Our city uses the International Plumbing Code (IPC). I downloaded the city plumbing code document, but it just says they use IPC and lists amendments to the code, and doesn't even mention the phrase "water heater." Hopefully someone here knows this answer. (By the way, our state uses the UPC.)
My husband read that water heater code requires there to be three feet of space in front of the electrical system for the water heater. We've never heard of a water heater closet that is three feet deep -- our current one certainly isn't -- so he is assuming that if you have a door in front of the water heater, and that with the door open, there is at least three feet of space in front of the water heater, that will satisfy the code.
Is this correct?
My husband read that water heater code requires there to be three feet of space in front of the electrical system for the water heater. We've never heard of a water heater closet that is three feet deep -- our current one certainly isn't -- so he is assuming that if you have a door in front of the water heater, and that with the door open, there is at least three feet of space in front of the water heater, that will satisfy the code.
Is this correct?