Old water heater drain

SoundGuy wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
1978 Vintage.....stripped down....building a new teardrop

Then just buy a NEW water heater and be done with it :S

teardrop55 wrote:
Sorry, not an unlimited budget build. I've already been unable to reuse a lot of things I thought I would be able to. And to replace a working water heater because it needs a fitting taken out and replaced seems wasteful.

A working water heater for how long? It's 40 yrs old, how it's lasted this long is a miracle ... certainly a new water heater should have been factored in to the costs before you started this project. :E

Hey, wait a minute. I think you're over-stepping your bounds on that. If the guy wants to use an old water heater, why can't he? Sure, the water heater may fail but some of these projects are evolutionary and older materials and appliances can be factored in as possible repair items later. Budget may play an aspect, as well. Since a water heater,especially one with an aluminum tank and a standing pilot light, has very few parts that can fail and are all available for repair, why not use the older working one?

Additionally, your implementation when building may be different than the OP's ideas. Being different isn't being bad.

I sometimes think you just scold members, Sound Guy, to get a rise out of them or get a train of thought out there. Sometimes though, that scolding seems rather self-centric.