Bread Box Water Heater, part 9

Scavenging can work for you for against you. In the case of the old water heater, it was time to cast it aside and go looking for a proper tank. It would mean outputting a little money, but with a used building materials yard, I had to find something good, for cheap. So, here we go on a visit to Gerson's Used Building Materials in Tucson, Arizona.

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• solar
• sun
• energy
• batch
• passive
• water
• heater
• Bread Box
• how-to
• do it yourself
• Kasin Hunter
• Karla
• Tucson
• Arizona

[KasinH]

I hadn't thought about the dump. hummm . . .

I had thought about hardware stores, and called them, but no go, unfortunately. They contract with companies that keep all the tanks.

I was thinking about making a rocket stove with a couple. :)

[americanteabagger]

you can go to the dump. they have tons of them. for 5.00 . they will load them for you to. also lowes, home depot etc. the installers throw them in the trash. call and ask for one. i actually have 7 i got from lowes. i make feeders for my life stock.

[KasinH]

Yeah, I had a couple plumbing co's looking, but to no avail.  :) That's why I went to Gerson's. Thanks, though.

[checotahbill]

call a plumbing co. ask an old tank . bet they give it to you free.