I was tired of removing most of the basement wall just to get at the hot water heater bypass valve, so I went to Lowes and picked an 8x8 plastic access door, only a 20 minute job and saves a lot of ha...
I removed ALL of that false walling in my basement compartment when I had to work on ATS.
After I got it out I looked at how easy it would be to get to all the water lines/fittings, the furnace, the low point drain valves, the wiring going thru to main panel etc. PLUS the additional space
The false wall didn't go back in.
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