Hey Steve, I feel like an ass for not bringing this up earlier, but you do have either a galvanized or plastic pan underneath the heater with some 1/2" pipe to drain the sucker out when some years in the future it rusts out and overflows? Something like this underneath the unit can save a lot of hassle. With the tubing at home depot you're probably looking at another 30 bills, http://www.drillspot.com/..._AP12936_Water_Heater_Pan greg