How to flush your water heater

How to Flush your Hot Water Tank

For electric HWT's, instead of dealing with the pilot and thermostat, turn off your breaker for the tank BEFORE draining the water, and back on AFTER you refill the tank. (VERY IMPORTANT, failure to complete this step will burn out your element in the tank!!!.)

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• Flushing Hot water tank
• draining hot water tank
• plumbing tip
• turning hot water off
• adjusting thermostat
• cleaning hot water tank
• saving hot water

[jjscustomplumbing]

dannyboy12,  then simply take it home, teflon tape the threads and re-thread it back into the tank and it's fixed.... if you have any further questions feel free to contact myself or one of our service techs at service@ jjscustomplumbing. comfor faster response times...

[jjscustomplumbing]

dannyboy12, that is something that is common if there is a very high build up of sediment from not flushing annually. Just one of those things most homeowners don't know to do cuz a lot of plumber don't bother to tell you so they can make money on another install in a shorter period of time... as for the T&P it's probably easier to just go buy a new one for your tank. simply drain the tank below the t&p level and unthread the t&p... take it to a plumbing wholesaler and pick up a new one...

[jjscustomplumbing]

Hey dennyselectric, most plumbers have there own methods of doing things, this is just my method. It's the easiest, most practical and most logical in my own opinion... glad to hear that you found the video helpful.

[jjscustomplumbing]

Hey dannyboy12, most plumbers have there own methods of doing things, this is just my method. It's the easiest, most practical and most logical in my own opinion... glad to hear that you found the video helpful.

[jjscustomplumbing]

hey 9maggio66 it won't make a difference which one you drain first... sry for such a delayed response, I rarely check the comments here, just way too busy... if you have any questions please e-mail service@ jjscustomplumbing. com for faster response times...

[jjscustomplumbing]

to be honest it doesn't really matter which one you start with... just make sure to set the burner to pilot or vacation before starting on both, then simply follow the steps in the video... glad to be able to help out. if you have any further questions or to receive faster response times please contact us through our website. (I don't typically check these comments more then 2-3x a month.

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[glockman1727ak47]

Great upload you guys need to post more videos!

[itscool1968]

@jjscustomplumbing no need to turn the thermostat down turning the knob from on to pilot does the same thing as it does not allow the burner to come on any way.

[daddyboy12]

Thank you JJsCustomPlumbing for the best video I've found.

Unfortunately I experienced a problem, using the T&P relief valve to vent caused a new problem by allowing sediment into the valve which prevents a good seal and now my T&P relief valve drips.

Is it possible to flush the tank without using the T&P relief valve as a vent?

[DennysElectricLLC]

Hey JJ. How come from watching 20 how to clean out your gas water heater do you get 10 different methods?? I like yours the best. Seems the most logical.

Thanks

[alyt999]

Thanks Justin! I just finished doing this based on your video and it worked like a charm. In my case it took around 1 hour for the (50 gallon) tank to drain. I'll be doing this on an annual basis now.