Membership is for Plumbing, new water heater. Water was already turned off to tank upon arrival Internal tank ruptured and water is filling the burner chamber. We made sure the tank was fully isolated and the gas was off Connecting water transfer pump to drain down valve on bottom of tank Disconnected water supply lines on top of unit Turn pump on and removed all water from tank Removed earthquake straps Disconnected gas flex line Disconnected vent piping Removed tank from build (disposed of back at shop) Unboxed new Bradford White 50 gal natural gas tank Cleaned area under old tank Removed old body straps from wall anchors Secured new body straps at new height locations to match new tank Installed a new quarter turn gas valve because the original was at least 50 years old Installed new thermal expansion tank and set to 63psi to match the house Set tank in location and secured to wall with earth quack straps Connected new stainless flex supplies Turned water back on and filled tank wh