Yeehaw. Just disconnected my gas water heater and am getting ready to install my new one.

Yes, I turned the gas off.

cool story bro

It's a cool story when your water heater is leaking and you don't want to pay some fat ass plumber to replace it.

I hope you flood your house OP

Maybe I'm paranoid, but it looked like the dipshit plumber who put the thing in deliberately made it so fucked up and complicated that people would be afraid to replace his "work." I was afraid of it, so I cut it all off and am replacing it with easily disconnected stainless steel water heater connectors.

Nah. It drains into the sump, in my basement.

Now let's see...lefty loosey, righty, tighty....

This time, I'm putting a fucking drain pan under the water heater, with a tubing connection to the sump.

Plus I turned the water off.

Hot on left, cold on right, shit don't flow up. Only 3 things about plumbing you need to know. Per my mechanical systems class teacher.

Sounds like he was the one who hooked up the original heater here.

They had cpvc hooked right to the tank and running right next to the heat duct.

Of course the crackpot "inspection" guy didn't mention shit. Fruitcake weirdo.

Well...gotta mop this shitty mess up and drag this new beast over and get it hooked up.

Just do whatever you think is best.

Wow...feel special yet? I put a new water softner in and a 4w70 trans back in a ford truck, before noon, today. But I'm not bragging...

I'm not bragging either. Just pointing out things that can be done by the homeowner.

You jealous?

How old was it OP

House I just bought has brand new furnace

Careful make sure you don't crank open a shit pipe or you will have a real fuckin mess

OP you make me so happy we built our own home!

I just helped a bud of mine install two electric on demand water heaters with a cut out so he can run either the on demand or the gas tank heater or both.

Don't forget a heater blanket they help even though it's in the house.

why you are like a modern day Alexander the great with the gordian knot an shit

You said 'nipples'.

Thanks for the vid... I was thinking about replacing mine soon and f'kin LOVE to do as much as possible myself.