Can anyone install a water heater properly?

A General Contractor installed this, I found it wired just like that. I thought I got an after photo of the electrical redone and relief valve piped in but I guess I forgot. Sucks, if I ever go back I will get a picture. No connector on the greenfield flex on the timer and a metallic greenfield connector on seal tight. Can’t forget about the timer just floating in the air and wire nuts just hanging out. They lost the screws to the j-box on the heater so I guess they just said fuck it. I mean you can push the wire in at least but hey whatever.

terrible and what is worse is the unsuspected home owner may not know any better to know if it is safe or not. however in some obvious cases you can just see it don’t look right…….don’t need to know how to play guitar to know someone playing it made a mistake…….

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I notice the lack of a drop tube on the pop-off valve too.

Wow……just……wow

Nice.  My water heater was installed with an overflow drain pipe stretched across the floor 4″ up from the floor and the romex pulled TIGHT across the attic because they were too cheap to put in an extra 10′ of wiring to staple it up properly.

You can’t fix stupid! That GC should be ashamed of himself and his Plumber!

That’s just WTF

comp56 wrote:

6 hours ago, comp56 said:

terrible and what is worse is the unsuspected home owner may not know any better to know if it is safe or not. however in some obvious cases you can just see it don’t look right…….don’t need to know how to play guitar to know someone playing it made a mistake…….

Haha, 2 bright red wire nuts should be easy to see

RickyMcGrath wrote:

6 hours ago, RickyMcGrath said:

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So how does Stevie pick paint colors?

JMG wrote:

6 hours ago, JMG said:

I notice the lack of a drop tube on the pop-off valve too.

Yea I did that too I did mention it on my post 

khariV wrote:

5 hours ago, khariV said:

Nice.  My water heater was installed with an overflow drain pipe stretched across the floor 4″ up from the floor and the romex pulled TIGHT across the attic because they were too cheap to put in an extra 10′ of wiring to staple it up properly.

Yea but that’s work and work is hard

Also looks like some one round house kicked it down the stairs before they installed it


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RickyMcGrath wrote:

7 hours ago, RickyMcGrath said:

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LOL that’s terrible, but good one haha

Justin Hernandez wrote:

1 hour ago, Justin Hernandez said:

 

 

Yea but that’s work and work is hard

LOL need some cheese with that whine?

I think those water lines could use an extra coupling or two, it might add some more strength to the ones already there hhaah

Just put one in today, totally missed an after photo. Used propress copper and had to do a little funny looking piping because of this goofy manifold setup where the previous water heater had joined up.

Replaced a 120 gallon with a 50 gallon, completely different sizes, so it doesn’t exactly pipe in the same

Homeowner rented the previous water heater and said he could have paid for 2 new water heaters with how much he paid in rent for the previous one lol

@Justin Hernandez anybody in your area rent a water heater from the electric company? They used to put them in by the truckloads around here, maybe 15+ years go, we’ve been slowly replacing them, and what a bear to pull them out, they are all heavy massive 120 gallon tanks….

These monsters were absolutely all over the place, you could almost guarantee if they haven’t had a water heater replacement in a long while and were using an electric water heater, this would be there to greet you:

Either here as Columbus Southern, or 95% of the time it was AEP… 

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KnarlyCarl wrote:

49 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Just put one in today, totally missed an after photo. Used propress copper and had to do a little funny looking piping because of this goofy manifold setup where the previous water heater had joined up.

Replaced a 120 gallon with a 50 gallon, completely different sizes, so it doesn’t exactly pipe in the same

Homeowner rented the previous water heater and said he could have paid for 2 new water heaters with how much he paid in rent for the previous one lol

 

@Justin Hernandez anybody in your area rent a water heater from the electric company? They used to put them in by the truckloads around here, maybe 15+ years go, we’ve been slowly replacing them, and what a bear to pull them out, they are all heavy massive 120 gallon tanks….

 

Never heard of renting a water heater before. What the hell the electric company had to love putting those beasts in 120 gallon tank that is freaking overkill for most households!!!

DR99 wrote:

2 minutes ago, DR99 said:

Never heard of renting a water heater before. What the hell the electric company had to love putting those beasts in 120 gallon tank that is freaking overkill for most households!!!

Exactly, they wanted to charge the premium for having the larger tanks, people probably never gave it a thought, all about the money….

I wonder what their electric bills looked like using a 120 gallon tank.

DR99 wrote:

Never heard of renting a water heater before. What the hell the electric company had to love putting those beasts in 120 gallon tank that is freaking overkill for most households!!!

JimboS1ice wrote:

14 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

 

We have a propane supply company they rent water heaters and softeners


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Never seen gas water heater rental, only electric. And we rent softeners also

JimboS1ice wrote:

On 12/9/2016 at 8:33 PM, JimboS1ice said:

Also looks like some one round house kicked it down the stairs before they installed it


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its used..lol

KnarlyCarl wrote:

23 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

LOL that’s terrible, but good one haha

 

 

LOL need some cheese with that whine?

 

I think those water lines could use an extra coupling or two, it might add some more strength to the ones already there hhaah

They sell them in contractor packs for a reason..lol

KnarlyCarl wrote:

23 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Just put one in today, totally missed an after photo. Used propress copper and had to do a little funny looking piping because of this goofy manifold setup where the previous water heater had joined up.

Replaced a 120 gallon with a 50 gallon, completely different sizes, so it doesn’t exactly pipe in the same

Homeowner rented the previous water heater and said he could have paid for 2 new water heaters with how much he paid in rent for the previous one lol

 

@Justin Hernandez anybody in your area rent a water heater from the electric company? They used to put them in by the truckloads around here, maybe 15+ years go, we’ve been slowly replacing them, and what a bear to pull them out, they are all heavy massive 120 gallon tanks….

 

You know how many times I forget to take pictures, a lot. I just start ripping and tearing and all of a sudden I’m like I should have taken a picture beforehand..lol I only see gas water heaters rented and there old Rudds that finally start to leak form like the 60’s slowly but surely I’m replacing them. To bad they have to pay every month or I will say they got there moneys worth and then some. Its funny because you have to call them to pick up the old heater, which makes no sense scrap an’t worth it. 

JimboS1ice wrote:

On 12/10/2016 at 1:08 AM, JimboS1ice said:

 

We have a propane supply company they rent water heaters and softeners


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KnarlyCarl wrote:

On 12/10/2016 at 3:19 PM, KnarlyCarl said:

Never seen gas water heater rental, only electric. And we rent softeners also

I really must have been out of the loop for years.

I have never heard of water heaters being rented out.

I’ve heard of water softeners but not water heaters.

LarryS wrote:

12 hours ago, LarryS said:

 

 

I really must have been out of the loop for years.

I have never heard of water heaters being rented out.

I’ve heard of water softeners but not water heaters.

I think it’s very regional, and no one does it around here anymore (renting water heaters that is)

Thought of you Justin when I came across this one:

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Funny thing is, the company that put this in have their place right across the road from this facility. They must not like their work if they get us to service the place instead of them…

I’m just impressed by the switch in the block wall…

KnarlyCarl wrote:

21 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Thought of you Justin when I came across this one:

 

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Funny thing is, the company that put this in have their place right across the road from this facility. They must not like their work if they get us to service the place instead of them…

Haha, this is awesome!!! Poor A.O Smith. You have to stand on the heater to shut the water off..lol All that weight just hanging on those sharkbites, they should have put a screw in it so it doesn’t pop off. Just pull on the romex like a pull chain to shut the power off

This was my favorite one by far, the impeccable wiring…

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KnarlyCarl wrote:

This was my favorite one by far, the impeccable wiring…
 
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KnarlyCarl wrote:

1 hour ago, KnarlyCarl said:

This was my favorite one by far, the impeccable wiring…

 

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Looks more like Whrilpoo! That looks so nasty!!

Who’s Pepsi?


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JimboS1ice wrote:

12 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Who’s Pepsi?


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Jeez you’re not the only one to notice that lol it was actually one of our guys bottle he just had it sitting there. 

From what I’ve been told, the rusty is from the roof leaking before they got it fixed and there is spray foam drippings too. But that electrical oh wow

KnarlyCarl wrote:

Jeez you’re not the only one to notice that lol it was actually one of our guys bottle he just had it sitting there. 
From what I’ve been told, the rusty is from the roof leaking before they got it fixed and there is spray foam drippings too. But that electrical oh wow

JimboS1ice wrote:

17 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:

Sounds like a cocktail of things to go wrong, I get the 2 liter of pop though cheaper than buying a little guy ha ha


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Thanks, grocery guru haha LOL!!!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

Thanks, grocery guru haha LOL!!!

At least they have a drain pan at the bottom of the water heater. 😆

LarryS wrote:

2 minutes ago, LarryS said:

At least they have a drain pan at the bottom of the water heater. 😆

A drain pan that’s not going anywhere!!  HAHA it’s hard to see, but it doesn’t drain away to anywhere, plus this is a second story, it starts leaking and no one notices, that’s coming through the ceiling below!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:

A drain pan that’s not going anywhere!!  HAHA it’s hard to see, but it doesn’t drain away to anywhere, plus this is a second story, it starts leaking and no one notices, that’s coming through the ceiling below!

It’s the effort that counts. :huh:

Looks as if the whole thing is a disaster. Might as well make the drain pan a part of the disaster also. 

Justin Hernandez wrote:

On 12/9/2016 at 0:27 PM, Justin Hernandez said:

 

Can anyone install a water heater properly?

Yes, I can…and I have many times.

Kato wrote:

3 hours ago, Kato said:

 

 

Yes, I can…and I have many times.

Pat on the back man!! 

Well…he asked…

KnarlyCarl wrote:

On 2/10/2017 at 7:40 PM, KnarlyCarl said:

This was my favorite one by far, the impeccable wiring…

 

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2 questions. Who’s coke is that and did they spill it on the water heater?

Jronman wrote:

6 hours ago, Jronman said:

2 questions. Who’s coke is that and did they spill it on the water heater?

Pepsi, it’s one of our guys bottle, his name is Tyler haha

That mess on top is from the roof leaking before they fixed it! 

Jronman wrote:

2 questions. Who’s coke is that and did they spill it on the water heater?

JimboS1ice wrote:

11 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Are you from a region that call all pop (soda) coke?


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oh haha. Not sure if I didn’t notice it was a Pepsi bottle instead of a Coke or that I put Coke instead of Pepsi. Where I live we call it pop or by the brand name.

Jronman wrote:

oh haha. Not sure if I didn’t notice it was a Pepsi bottle instead of a Coke or that I put Coke instead of Pepsi. Where I live we call it pop or by the brand name.

My coke comes in a little baggy >:D

Justin Hernandez wrote:

2 hours ago, Justin Hernandez said:

My coke comes in a little baggy >:D

ever wonder how it is stored in the soda machine.