How To Remove Heavy Sediment From Hot Water Heater

Turn off the breaker to your water heater and then turn off the water supply.

How to remove heavy sediment from hot water heater. Remove the temperature pressure release valve and screw in the vacuum adapter. Turn the cold water valve off. If you have an electric water heater turn off the power switch. Attach a garden hose to the drain valve at the base of the unit and run the other end of the hose outside into a large bucket or.

Attach the shop vacuum hose and fire up the vacuum. Turn off gas or electric power supply to hot water heater. Install a sediment filter on the incoming water supply to avoid this problem in the first place. But lime or water scale are more difficult to remove from a water heater.

Let the water cool. How to flush sediment out of a water heater. Below we describe these procedures. Turn the water heater off.

In fact if you find that the sediment starts to clog the drain valve turn on the cold water supply to the tank which will help loosen the sediment and blast it out. Shut off the gas or electricity to the water heater and open a hot water faucet and let it run full blast for about 10 minutes to reduce the water temperature in the tank. Let the tank fill partially and drain it again. Turn off the cold water supply to hot water heater.

Action of the cold water in the tank. Manually scraping the tank bottom through the drain opening or use of a de limer chemical will be needed. Turn on the hot water in a sink or tub leave it on while flushing out the tank to ensure a vacuum doesn t form in the lines. Attach a drain or garden hose to the drain.