Return air and water heater vent

[jorbeck]

I did an inspection today and hope someone can help me out on this. It is a condo and has the water heater in a utility closet next to the Heating and Air conditioning unit. The heat is a hot water systme supplied by the water heater. Here is the problem. The closet door has both the upper and lower vents of more than likely the right size for a unit built in 1987 and the return air is directly below these vents. Here is the picture I hope.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

It's okay if the water heater is electric

[jorbeck]

Forgot to mention, the water heater is a natural gas water heater.

[jorbeck]

Cannot, for some reason get a picture to post. My apologies.

[jlybolt]

Joseph you may have to resize the picture smaller for it to upload

[David A. Andersen]

Whatever your pictures shows, the return air intake must be 10 feet away from an open gas burner.