Assess Condition of Plumbing Fittings and Attempt Disassembly

This, ladies and gentlemen, is my electric water heater. It's completely rusted at the bottom. All these fittings here are all calcified or whatever that is. Oh my goodness. That's just metal just broke off. How much damage does this metal pipe have to go through in order for it just to break off like that? Oh, look at this thing. Getting this thing out of the dungeon finally.