What a *^%$%Y up day!!

My sympathies! I once lived in a house with the water heater in the attic, Naturally, it developed a leak and the connection on the drain pan that was supposed to dump the water outside had never been tightened by the installer. Suffice to say that water and sheetrock don't get along.

I just built a new house and located the water heater in the garage to prevent damage from another leak in the living areas.