When trying to help out turns out to be more than you thought

So one day last week I got a call from one of my old neighbors. She said she had a water heater for me in the basement. Now normally I'd turn down stuff in the basement or charge for it but hey I'd figure I'd help her out. So me and some help go over there, follow her downstairs and it was sitting there. Then she says "that's the little one" and we look at each other like what are you talking about? She points to the corner where we see the biggest water heater ever. We tip it to see how heavy it is and the thing has been down there so long the hole bottom fell off and turned to flakes. So we're like alright and we get the little one out which was hard enough cause there is a freezer at the top of the steps causing space loss. We then determine we need to cut the big one up. Got tools, cut the sheet metal off, bagged the insulation, and cut the tank in half. The whole walls of the tank are filled with sediment. Get it outside and then she asks if we want a metal shower we look and can only find one shutoff valve so we declined that offer. Then it's you want that sink? It's like one of those drainage sinks that are usually plastic but this one was stainless. We couldn't get it out. Then it was you want that washer and dryer? We said maybe when it's a cooler season. We left with 2 water heaters, a clothes rack?, some old support pipes, drawer full of silverware, and what I was told is a machine to store hot fudge. Glad we got that job done! Few days later her sister calls and says she's got a freezer and some other stuff. This was easy, everything was moved outside. Got the freezer, small rotessire, microwave, and ladder.

Originally Posted by scrapping4ever

So one day last week I got a call from one of my old neighbors. She said she had a water heater for me in the basement. Now normally I'd turn down stuff in the basement or charge for it but hey I'd figure I'd help her out. So me and some help go over there, follow her downstairs and it was sitting there. Then she says "that's the little one" and we look at each other like what are you talking about? She points to the corner where we see the biggest water heater ever. We tip it to see how heavy it is and the thing has been down there so long the hole bottom fell off and turned to flakes. So we're like alright and we get the little one out which was hard enough cause there is a freezer at the top of the steps causing space loss. We then determine we need to cut the big one up. Got tools, cut the sheet metal off, bagged the insulation, and cut the tank in half. The whole walls of the tank are filled with sediment. Get it outside and then she asks if we want a metal shower we look and can only find one shutoff valve so we declined that offer. Then it's you want that sink? It's like one of those drainage sinks that are usually plastic but this one was stainless. We couldn't get it out. Then it was you want that washer and dryer? We said maybe when it's a cooler season. We left with 2 water heaters, a clothes rack?, some old support pipes, drawer full of silverware, and what I was told is a machine to store hot fudge. Glad we got that job done! Few days later her sister calls and says she's got a freezer and some other stuff. This was easy, everything was moved outside. Got the freezer, small rotessire, microwave, and ladder.

I've had jobs like that before also. Trying to help out a friend and it turns out to be much more than you expected.

I can't remember the name of the member here but he might be interested in the machine to store fudge. I hear he has a fudge maker.

good job!!!

Now that was worth it.