Firstly, thank you guys so much for the help. I was able to do four pieces of medium-duty home maintenance since I moved into this house. I have saved a ton on labor costs. I hope to be able to give back someday. Firstly, here is a picture of my current set-up. [ATTACH]77082[/ATTACH] I am finishing my basement, and I will be building walls around the utilities, and a wall will go where the blue lines are. I am thinking I can move the drain (what is under the floor) to inside where the closet will be. Then I will cut the current PVC drain pipes and point them towards the new drain location. Am I missing anything important with my current plan? Any other advice. Happy Friday everyone!

Few months back, I bought a house where indirect water heater (41 gallons Amtrol BoilerMate) is installed. All was fine until the casing developed 20+ inch crack. Water is not leaking so I guess for now I am just loosing efficiency. I had one person to come over to take a look at it and he recommended to replace it with regular (direct?) water heater. He told me that the current system will use the furnace even in the summertime to heat the water. Could somebody in layman's terms explain to me what are the advantages of indirect water heaters and if I should or should not replace it with regular water heater? I am asking because the Amtrol replacement is more than double the cost of regular water heater. Currently, our basement is nice and hot but I can imagine that in the summertime it is going to be an inferno in there with all the equipment working.