[GH85Carrera]

We replaced our water heater at home last year. It is a natural gas unit. Our house is just now 18 years old and the water heater was the original. We had to put it on an even taller pedestal since it is in the garage. The new unit does not have a pilot light, it has an electrical ignitor. The real pain was the new code for a drain pan. In case the heater has a leak now the pan that catches the leak has a drain that has to go outside, not down the sewer drain. So we had to punch a hole in the wall of the garage that comes out at the front of the house behind some bushes in the garden area.

If the water heater started leaking before it would only run down the concrete floor and out the garage door. No big deal, but inspector would not be happy. We decide to keep it legal.

Here at work today we had the gas company come out and check the meter for a leak. We could smell the natural gas outside so we reported it many months ago. They finally got here. He replaced the meter. He is supposed to relight the water heater. He said our heater is supplied by copper and that is out of code but we don't have to do anything until we replace the heater.