The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[Deceus]

flush out and pull the anode rod on the WH, if its eaten up but not entirely, just replace the rod.  

that's how my last WH died (after 13 years).  pure neglect, if i'd changed the rod out and flushed it maybe once or twice in its life it would probably still be soldiering on.

Haha yeah, flushing the water heater as soon as I get unpacked. That's what made the job here such a pain, couldn't even drain the damn thing without shoving a screwdriver into it every 10 seconds it was so backed up with junk. So that meant the hose I cut to reach the drain was useless and it all ended up all over the basement floor. I got lucky and the big drain was 2 feet away. Still had a mountain of crap to sweep up once it dried. It was about 10 years old and probably wasn't flushed once.



Good times...