I have inspected a lot of gas fired water heaters, but have never seen any thing like the metal plates I found on this one. Does anyone have a clue what these plates are from? I wrote it up as a deficent condition that needed corrected, but I don't have a clue what they are, or how they got there...although my guess is they were dropped down from the heat vent.

Thanks for any advice, be careful out there and have a great 2008!

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JD Johnson
Beach To Bayou Property Inspections