Water Heater

We were using our tax return to get a new water heater. We had the guy come out yesterday and when he removed the old water heater we discovered that it had been leaking for quite some time. Leaking very slowly but long enough to rot all the wood under the water heater. So the mold guy comes out and says there water damage everywhere. I call Jeremy and tell him to come home cause I am not sure what to do at this point. The floor under the heater is so rotten that we are afraid that if we put the new bigger and heavier heater on it that it will fall right through the floor. So after looking at all the options and talking it over we decided that Jeremy will rip up the sub floor. We will seal off the room and put heaters in there to dry out the wood over night. Paint the joists and new floor with special Kilz primer to contain the mold and call it good. For this plan we were with out hot water and a furnace for about a day and a half. So after we ripped up the floor and set the heaters on it we packed up and went to Jeremy's parents for the night. I am thankful that they live close and have a guest room.
So after about two days with out hot water and a lot of extra work we now have a new hot water heater. I have not got to try it out yet but I plan to take an extra hot shower every soon.

The old water heater

The top of the water heater

The plumber Anthony (I told him this was blog worthy and I had to get a picture and he said that I got his good side)

The rotten floor

Jer removing the old floor

The old piece coming out

Jer worried about the spiders under the house

The hole in the sub floor

The hole after it was painted

The new floor

Installing the floor

The new water heater

Shes pretty