New Water Heater

Hopefully this post will not re-occur for 20+ years
as the title suggest last weekend I (along with George) installed a new water heater in my home. My previous water heater had gotten what is known as tank rot, or rusty butt. where it spills large amounts of water through the bottom of the tank. Here is a picture of the tank before we took it out:

Once we got the old heater out we applied hardy backer to the floor to provide a water-proof and fire-proof covering for the floor. We also began prepping the water heater in the laundry room and tried to figure out the fittings.

we decided we needed to head back to Lowe’s in order to pick up some plumbing pieces. We did that ate lunch and then put the heater in the room. We then realized that we forgot a piece of pipe that we needed and had to go back to Lowe’s for a third time. So finely we got the heater hooked up and water on. But guess what it leaked… This is the point where I am so glad we put the hardy board down. so water off and re tape all the joints we tried again and voila it all worked.

Enjoy the pictures.

BTW: I bought Lowe’s Item# 89263 and had hot water in 20 minutes of hooking it up. I have had three days to mess with it and it is awesome. Highly Recomend.