According to the plumber, the companies have all depleted every aspect of the water heater from the steel tank quality and thickness, the glass lining thickness inside the tanks, the welds, and they've even gone cheap on storing and transporting the heaters.

It is wrapped in metal wire that I'm guessing is about 1/8" thick, at least.

@Patrick Sears I install used central heating and air conditioning equipment...super cheap...example 2013 system, 3 ton, installed with a mega cage with thick expanded metal sides $2000...look on craigslist or call the slightly shady looking AC companies with the beat up 20 year old vans...they always do side work....

By the time you add all that additional framing at a thickness necessary for adequate insulation, you may as well have simply framed the building and skipped the container.  

Since the siding is only .25" thick, it's pretty light.The "chunkier" appearance of this product when it is used as fascia gives a home a more modern, appealing look from the curb.Installation is simple.

Just goes to show, you really don't know until you're in the thick of things.

Then, you just use a cord / thick rope to pull it open. 

I've been in the construction and real estate industry since I was 18, I've had my fair share of not so great experiences, but I developed thick skin quickly and never take anything personally. 

Both sides have dug in their heels and with the implicit assumption that their position is 100% right and the other side is too thick to understand.

A light thin dough versus thick.