Moving the Water heater: letter to family

Holly and I spent the last several weeks moving the water heater out of the attic and putting a new heater into the closet on the side of the house.

Texas has hard water so heaters need frequent servicing, and it’s hard to climb in the attic these days.

Well, on paper it seemed easy, but OMG what a project. Jason would’ve loved it. The job required every tool from the drywall square to the 12” pipe wrench to the ohm meter.

At least we didn’t burn the house down while soldering pipes in the attic…

…nor did the old water heater crash through the wall when we lowered it out of the attic.

After bringing the old heater down by rope in a controlled crash landing, Holly was cheering and saying we should’ve video-taped the whole thing for the family. We were both laughing.

The new heater finally got settled a few days ago, but naturally the top thermostat stopped working. Tonight the final glitch was resolved! We have blast off.

Gene Haynes