Plumbing detail of water heater installation
This is the detail of another water heater installation before the installation. I had done some work at this site before. the U-shape was a result of me tapping this line to provide another line running to a sink that was installed subsequent to the original installation of the water heater. I cut the pipe which ran from right to left and installed where I had removed a section of pipe three 90 degree elbows and a T fitting, running new pipe out of the right branch of the T
Here is a closeup of the modification
Here is another closeup
Here is the pipe set after the new heater was installed. The different height and placement of the outlet tube required the modifications to fit
before
closeup of before
J & C's new water heater