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Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Based on this thread I think people alternate spending their weekends emptying their hot water tank or sucking out dryer lint.

Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Recommend to do it annually

Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Based on this thread I think people alternate spending their weekends emptying their hot water tank or sucking out dryer lint.

Just did the lint thing this weekend.

Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Recommend to do it annually

Put pantyhose on the end of the hose so that debris doesn’t fill your sump, if you’re draining it into that.

Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Recommend to do it annually

I’m not draining anything into my ass, dude.

Have you drained the hot water heater recently?

This is a thing?

Recommend to do it annually

Put pantyhose on the end of the hose so that debris doesn’t fill your sump, if you’re draining it into that.

Thank you gentlemen! That tip is a great one thanks. Is potential debris heavy enough to tear through one pair of hose?

Nah, and the water pressure isn’t going to be enough to push it through with force. If you do start doing it, there are a few ways to go about it. This is what I do (also what was recommended to me):

1. Unplug the hot water heater
2. Turn off the gas and cold water inlet
3. Open the kitchen faucet to full hot
4. Connect a hose (with pantyhose) to the water heater and run to the sump
5. Open the drain valve on the water heater
6. Once drained, open the cold water inlet for 5-10 minutes to let it flush out
7. Close the drain valve
8. Plug in the hot water heater
9. Turn the gas back on and let the tank fill completely, leaving the hot water faucet open
10. When water comes out of the faucet, the tank is full

Thank you sir. Will do.

one pair of hose

usually gotta pay extra for that

Gas or water line? No scent but could be shut off

I want to say water based on the threaded fitting, but honestly have no idea.

Light a match and find out.

Don't quote me on this, but I'd say water since natural gas turns to liquid at a very low temp.

this should be easier to figure out. water pipes are now all blue from here on out, cool?

Only if the plumber goes by that. Pex comes in red, blue, and white, and I've seen some installs all using a single color. Lazy.

Pretty excited. Getting a hot/cold mini-split for our sunroom, making it an all season room, and I'm moving my office in there. Went from two windows, to surround by windows. Can't freaking wait.

It's not too late to make it a golf simulator.

ok so while we are still on the topics of sht no one does, should I be doing anything to clean the dishwasher

ok so while we are still on the topics of sht no one does, should I be doing anything to clean the dishwasher

If it's one of those new fangled silent ones, you have to clean out the filter every once in a blue moon

ok so while we are still on the topics of sht no one does, should I be doing anything to clean the dishwasher

No I don’t do this. Probably should have though.

https://cascadeclean.com/en-us/how-to/d ... ishwasher/

I do #1 and #5. Except I run mine almost daily

Good stuff. I have a filter, I have looked at it, I have tried to take it out, it didn't come out, and I was too lazy to go to youtube to figure out how to take it out. thank you for doing the heavy work of going to cascadeclean.com

My unofficial rule of thumb is anything under a few hundred bucks I don't bother with preventative maintenance and being that my dishwasher came with the house, it's running maintenance free until it doesn't run.

My work here is done.

I do #1 and #5. Except I run mine almost daily

Same. Every once in a while I’ll run it on a cleaning cycle with white vinegar and maybe a dishwasher cleaning tab/liquid.