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Do you get your water heater serviced & flushed every year?

It helps maintain your unit since it helps flush out any sediments & build-up.
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LunarOrbit · 61-69, M
Great advice...but it depends on your water quality and what impurities you have present.

Some impurities are dissolved solids like calcium carbonate which makes limescale which is pretty hard to remove. Flushing won’t do much. In an electric water heater, the elements will become coated, which will prevent conductive heat transfer to the water and thus burn out. Water softeners or demineralizers would be needed. (Cost benefit analysis would be recommended)

If you have alot of silt, organics or iron ochre, then yes, it would be very wise to flush your water heating system.
marsbar · F
@LunarOrbit Ahhh I just need to date a tradesman. Lol