[ErnBatavia]

Mine is in my concrete floor basement not far from the boat door

Some older homes here in the Kalifornia low desert have "closets" in the interior to hold the water heater.

People have been know to switch, shut it down in summer, and use that for their cold water, and the 'cold' tap as their hot.

[Gaffer]

I guess that’s why people refuse to leave that heathen place — climate. :0)