Originally Posted by speedball1
Growler,
You're focusing on the T&P valve. I have a different take.
He said, "They said that I need a way for water to exit the basement in case the hot water heater ruptured. They said I would need either a floor drain or a surface crock."
I'm thinking heater pan. This is a plastic pan we install under the heater and pipe to a floor drain for a indirect waste or outside in case a weld in the boiler lets go and dumps water all over the floor. A heater pan with 4" edges and a AC condensate pump would be the answer to his problem. If a rupture should occur the pumps float switch would activate, the pump would kick in and the discharge would be pumped up and outside. Sound like a plan?? Regards, Tom