No lol

I have not had that done in years 🤔😂

I have to buy a new one for the house this year.

Euphemism? 🤔

Keeping the plumber busy now

No. It seems cheaper to just replace the water heater every six or seven years.

It costs $100 for a drain & flush and about $540 for a new installation.

I do as of last year when I bought a new one. We didn't with the last one. I was both afraid of keeping it and of getting rid of it, it was from 1983...

Uh oh.....you gonna have the water heater service man over to inspect it? 😉

Yes, every year both the boiler and the water heater are taken care of.

Yes but it’s just hooking up a hose and out the garage door. Letting water run through to get the calcium built up out, making it more efficient and the heating elements last longer. It’s easy for any homeowner to do.😊

twice a year. when he heater and when the A/C get serviced. Alan says it's good to have his pipes cleaned regularly

Never done that in my life, ove only ever replaced one. Under 800 and less than an hour to install

Had it done a few months ago

Do you get flushed every year ? 😊

nothing worse than sediment in the pipes. it ruins the taste completely

Yes, and yes it does work well

well no but apparently i need to

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.

i have in the past. large rocks of calcium forms

Yes

O do it myself!

Looking for an excuse to have that hunky plumber back over?? ;-)

No cuz I just rent my town house and the owner doesn't do that. Even if I owned my house I probably would not since I don't plan on living here forever.

Ive never flushed my water heater, i didnt know that was such a thing🤷‍♂️.. maybe if you have hard water it might make sense

People just don’t understand. One can repair a water heater and no need to replace. Even replacing a heating element. Cut the power, Turn the water off and drain the tank. Loosen two wires per element that you buy yourself. With a pipe wrench or large pliers unscrew the old. Put in the new element, attach wires, turn on water, turn on power panel and done. It is a very simple device and can last decades with no need to install a new one. This is the biggest money maker for a plumber. Learn from YouTube, save money and be proud that you did. Yes, you can do this. Take that thousand dollars and pay down the mortgage. Same for putting in dishwashers, etc. This stuff can be very easy to do.Trust me!

I’ve seen videos that claim flushing really does nothing but waste your money.

The drain is so far away from the heater... (I'm lazy)

No. I live in an apartment. A few months ago they replaced my old, normal one with a "tankless" one.

The only problem is it fails in colder weather. Maintenace turned off its power and turned it back on, and that seemed to work.

So when it fails in winter, I go to the power switchbox and turn off the power and turn it back on. This seems to start some startup activity that makes a lot of noise and yields hot water.

No.... if you live in a hard water area perhaps every 5 years. A heater is only going to last 10 to 15 years. Not going to help make it last longer..

No but I should.

nice legs btw.. lol