Welder Dave
Senior Member
Here is an example of someone doing a half a$$ job and figuring it's good enough. About 4 1/2 years ago we had to have a new water heater put in for insurance reasons. Last Thursday we heard a hissing sound coming from it. I did some checking and figured it was the plastic drain valve. Apparently they are notorious for leaking. I shut the water off to the heater. I called a plumber/gas fitter we've used in the past. He didn't install the heater. He asked if I could drain the tank. Yeah, shouldn't be a problem. Boy was I wrong. There is even a garden hose coming up from the floor for draining the tank but I couldn't hook it up because the bozo who installed the tank had the drain valve partly blocked by the gas line. What a royal PIA trying to drain the 40 gallon tank. The new drain valve is brass and the plumber turned the tank so the hose can be hooked up. All he had to do was shorten one of the gas lines going to the union. Took less than 45 minutes from the time he showed up. This is a good reminder for anyone to take some pride in your work and do things right, even if it means you have to tweak something a little. It would have been so easy when the tank was first installed.