On 22 Mar 2007 10:39:59 -0700, wrote:

Plenty of people take water heaters apart. One fo the reasons why they get
taken apart is because often sediment builds up in it and it gets too
heavy to remove it. So cutting it into smaller pieces often helps
(that and usually when it's removed it's taken up stairs).

I wish I had thought of that.

I took off the top of my electric water heater, and it didn't look
easy to take apart, so I and a 140 pound woman continued to struggle
to get it up the stairs.