access water heater

[twindman]

My tank is inside the peninsula. If I need to access it for some reason, how can I do it? The peninsula walls seem to have been nailed/stapled together from the inside. So I can pry the cheap thin sidewall off, but no way to re-attach them when done.
This isn't an emergency, but I have been wondering what to do if I get a leak, etc. I can't even access the inside to remove any hoses, etc to work on it.
Thanks.

[BB_TX]

Looking at your floor plan and inside pics, it looks like the only option is to remove one or more of those panels in that cabinet. Or, if there is enough slack in water and propane lines and wiring to pull the water heater out to access them from the outside.

A little creative work could make those panels reinstallable adding some reinforcement on the back of those panels and using small indiscreet black screws from the outside without showing too much.

[DutchmenSport]

My neighbor (at home) has a Coleman travel trailer. The water heater is under the kitchen sink counter and it's sealed up. She asked me to help winterize it and the only way to get to the valves was to remove the panel hiding the water heater so we could access the valves (at the water heater).

When finished, I rigged up a couple catches under the cabinet for that partition so it could be hooked back in place and held there so cleaning and laundry items under the sink would not hit the water heater.

Now, she has a very easy removable panel under the kitchen sink to access the water heater so she can flip the valves to winterize and unwinterized.

Simply remove the panel that's hiding the water heater and find a creative way to reinstall it for easy removal for the next time. That panel is held on with staples. Simply wedge the panel off a little bit at a time, work your way around it and once off, remove all the staples.

Good luck!

[twindman]

Thanks to everyone. Some good ideas. For now I will just hope I never have to tear into it. LOL