Originally Posted by
Sheryl Davidson
but the pipe being bent and installed around the front of the water heater to the other side was bugging me.
I would not worry about, or be concerned about, the copper being bent like that
I would be concerned about the turned down 90 elbow end and the fact that there is nothing securing it down in place.
Under flow T&P emergency relief - that end is likely to to be forced upward, spraying hot steaming water into the face of anyone nearby.