New Water Heater - Part 1

The plumber called this morning after I had gone to work and said he would be there in 30 minutes. He and his son started right in draining the old water heater. I hope the grass liked the warm water.

Around noon they had gotten the old one out, with difficulty.

You can see that they had to bang it on the side to make it small enough to get out of the closet without damaging the new furnace (installed 18 months ago, and just now paid for!).

You can see why we had to go with the tankless water heater--there just wasn't room for a new tank there. Besides that, Dallas has upped the code requirements for replacement water heaters to include a pan and a drain, and that would have been a big problem to do anyway.

It is 4:15 now, and the plumber has driven off to go buy more vent pipes--stainless steel, according to code.