On 2021-04-26 1:01 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:20:14 -0700, wrote:
>
>> I'm not familiar with that brand and they are a pain, like any
>> appliance, to deal with when time to replace.
>
> About 25 years ago I manhandled an 80 gallon hot water tank with probably
> a few gallons of rusty water up my basement stairs.
>
> A few years ago, I used a metal-cutting grinder blade to cut an 80 gallon
> tank into 2 foot square pieces to more easily carry it out.
>
> Dropping a new one down the stairs is easy if you do it systematically.
>
>
>> I don't give any of mine a second thought until they go on the blink.
>
> That sounds like a better approach than both my ways.
Years ago I tried to get Ontario Hydro to stop charging me rent for my
electric water heater. I figured it had been paid for a couple times
over in rental money. They would not go for that and they would not get
me a new one if the old one was still working. I went out and bought a
new water heater and installed it myself. Then I called them and told
them to come and pick up their heater. They didn't want it. Hell, if I
had known that I could have just told them I had removed it and the rent
would have been cancelled.
When my insurance company made me replace my old oil tank the the
installer emptied the old tank and then cut it in two to get it out of
the basement. I only had that tank for two years before I switched over
to high efficiency natural gas. They didn't cut that tank in two. I am
assuming they were especially careful to get it out of there in one
piece so they could sell it.