Thank you for your video. My husband is 89 and I am 86 and your video resolved our problem with trying in vain to drain our upstairs hot water heater. God bless you for sharing and saving us a plummers bill.😊
WOW!!!!!!!! This was just what I needed to solve my problem with my 20 year old water heater. Followed everyone elses advice but it wouldnt drain. Now its draining and my problem is solved. Thanks for posting this video!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad it worked for you Tim. If you drained it because of the bad water smell, please check out my video on the Corro-Protect powered anode rod. It's been working great. Thanks again. Dean
Great video! This is just what I needed to finally get the water from my water heater to drain it! I still had trouble getting it to flow without the cold water supply being turned on, but when I turned it on, it flowed and blew out lots of junk. I repeated this several times. I may just have to flush my water heater with the supply on constantly. Thanks for the great advice!
Thank you. This provided only a temporary fix to my problem. Please take a look at this permanent fix. It's still working. ruclips.net/video/6mgUkBoIjJo/видео.html
Great video! Excellent Detail, Concise, Informative, Appreciate the Tips on Repeat backflush, using the Cold water input, Tip on the Female to Female connector, and the Completion re-check steps. This is a Model "How To" video!!
Thank you for the very informative and well produced video. My house is on a well in the NC mountains near Boone. When I tried to flush my water heater last Spring, very little water came out. I expect I need to back flush it. Thanks for explaining the steps. BTW.. It looks like you are somewhere near Pilot Mountain.
Excellent vid. I needed 2 hoses as bottom one wouldn’t drain, removed top plug/ valve and stuck a hose there. I will use this flush method this weekend though
Hey Mr. Garcia. Glad you stopped by. I continued to have stinky water and the back flushing helped for awhile with my hot water until I discovered the Corro-Protec device. I did a sponsored video on it and my hot water has not smelled badly since. Plus no more flushing or vacuuming. Please subscribe to find it on my channel or click here: ruclips.net/video/6mgUkBoIjJo/видео.html I know you don't know me but I'll give you the straight up truth on this, it works. And I don't get kickbacks from referrals. Thanks; Dean
My water heater would not drain and I’m glad I found our video. The first time I turned on the hose, I could hear the sediments whirling around. I turned it off and disconnected it from the faucet, but it still didn’t drain. The hot water knob was turn on inside the house. I tried to turn on the cold water on the water heater and that had water rushing out! The bucket filled up with water and was a grayish color. But when I turned off the cold water, it still wasn’t draining by itself. Only when i turned on the cold water would any water come out. I tried to back flush it a few more times but never heard any sediments whirling around those times. Any idea for me on how to drain it or is running the cold water through the tank and letting it out enough? I did it for about 15 mins and the water wasn’t as grayish. more clear but still had little gray pieces floating around. Thanks!
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Thank you so much for sharing this. Could I ask you for clarification on the beginning? I get the idea of backflushing but from the video I can't tell where the outside (cool water) hose goes on the water heater. The water heater hose seemed to be for the hot water. Could someone clarify for me? It sounds like I need to have two entry points for hoses for the water heater for this process (one for the cold to shoot in and one for the hot to shoot out) and I don't see that on mine. Thanks for explaining!
Let me try to explain: the hose attachment at the bottom of the tank is the 'only' hose attachment. There is not one for cold and one for hot. When we attached the hose to the tank at 40 seconds into the video and opened the tank spigot, we drained the hot water out the other end of the hose. Once finished, all we did was take that other end of the hose and attach it to an outside water spigot and turn on the water for a minute, then remove the hose from the outside spigot and let it drain out again and repeated this 4 or more times before closing the spigot on the bottom of the tank. Hope this helps.
Thats great video. I recently tried to drain my water heater and it didn’t drain well, i guess thats the reason. But i also have pressure regilator on the tank. Do you have one ? When i opened pressure regulator it drained a wTer from that pipe
I tried backflushing my downstairs tank 4x but it didn't work. I also tried turning the water on to the tank to flush it out and nothing comes out. My tank upstairs only drains if I turn the water on to the tank. When I turn the water off nothing comes out. Despite my issues it was an excellent video.
ill try this but i already took mountains of sediment out the water heater that came with my preowned mobile home. I got it out while renovating. Literally like a gallon of large flake sediment. Made a big mess because I had to poke at the hole to remove the junk obviously draining onto the floor. After living in it now for a month the hot water stinks. I just want to get it drained so I can replace it.
The sediment is calcium. Horrible in well water. I tried to drain my mom's water heater today, but it is so clogged up it won't drain. I'm going to try your back wash method. Thanks for posting
Diana. Thanks for watching and commenting. After you back flush please check out my video on vacuuming the sediment then please please watch the one on the Corro-Protec device I installed about a month ago. The smell is still gone!!! Thanks again and let me know if I can help. Dean
I wish I could get to my hot water tank Dean, it's in the back of my closet inside its own sealed closet and all of my shirts are hanging in front of that door, lol 😆. I've had it burst twice in 25 years and it's not a fun clean up. I guess I could dig it out and hook a hose up to it and run it out my bedroom window, lol. 👍👍 Jay.
Hey Jay. Yeah that closet location would make for a tough location when problems arise. Just wait til you see the upcoming video I’m releasing soon on how to vacuum the tank. Sounds crazy I know. Thanks for viewing and best down there in Cabarras County.
@D J I agree DJ, right behind my hot water tank, opposite wall is the breaker box, right up against the tank, only a sheet of drywall separating it. I Agee they should've made an access door to make it easier to get to.
Been there, done that Dean. Your message is noted however, in that I settled for a powered Anode. Maybe you can find the video on my channel. Haven't had an issue since.
Unfortunately, that's like asking what a car costs. Depends on your area of the country and what the prevailing costs are for where you live. I'm no plumber but I have a family member who is. If I were to hazard a price range as of 1/28/2023, I would expect to pay less that $200 and hopefully more like $100 to $150.
Plumber in AZ. Here the going rate for a tanked water heater flush is anywhere from $59 to $199 depending on the company and if it’s slow or busy for them.
Never understood why people feel compelled to put background music on a how-to video. We're all watching this video because we have a problem with something and to have distracting background music is completely unnecessary
Thanks 5th Day. Fortunately later on, I installed the electrified Corro-Protec titanium anode rod and that has fixed the smell. Might wanna check out that video if you suffer from the same.
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Thank you for your video. My husband is 89 and I am 86 and your video resolved our problem with trying in vain to drain our upstairs hot water heater. God bless you for sharing and saving us a plummers bill.😊
@@sonjabrackin I’m so glad it helped and thank you so much for the kind words. Dean
WOW!!!!!!!! This was just what I needed to solve my problem with my 20 year old water heater. Followed everyone elses advice but it wouldnt drain. Now its draining and my problem is solved. Thanks for posting this video!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad it worked for you Tim. If you drained it because of the bad water smell, please check out my video on the Corro-Protect powered anode rod. It's been working great. Thanks again. Dean
Your wife sounds extremely talented to have built yalls house
She is
Great video, was getting extremely annoyed with not being able to drain mine. Thanks again!
You’re welcome
Great video! This is just what I needed to finally get the water from my water heater to drain it! I still had trouble getting it to flow without the cold water supply being turned on, but when I turned it on, it flowed and blew out lots of junk. I repeated this several times. I may just have to flush my water heater with the supply on constantly. Thanks for the great advice!
Glad it worked. Thanks for the comments and for viewing
Thank you!!!! This did the trick and thanks for the coupler info I needed from lowes.
Thanks for viewing and for the kind words
Beautiful presentation in detail and style!
Thank you. This provided only a temporary fix to my problem. Please take a look at this permanent fix. It's still working. ruclips.net/video/6mgUkBoIjJo/видео.html
Thanks for the informative video. 👍🏼
Great video! Excellent Detail, Concise, Informative, Appreciate the Tips on Repeat backflush, using the Cold water input, Tip on the Female to Female connector, and the Completion re-check steps. This is a Model "How To" video!!
@@NightSky777 thanks so much, I appreciate it
Thank you for the very informative and well produced video. My house is on a well in the NC mountains near Boone. When I tried to flush my water heater last Spring, very little water came out. I expect I need to back flush it. Thanks for explaining the steps. BTW.. It looks like you are somewhere near Pilot Mountain.
Hey Pete. Thanks for viewing and commenting. Yeah we live on the backside of the mountain. Nice to meet you. Dean
Excellent vid. I needed 2 hoses as bottom one wouldn’t drain, removed top plug/ valve and stuck a hose there. I will use this flush method this weekend though
Thanks for viewing. Dean
Thank you! I'm back flushing my water heater right now, it works!
Hey Mr. Garcia. Glad you stopped by. I continued to have stinky water and the back flushing helped for awhile with my hot water until I discovered the Corro-Protec device. I did a sponsored video on it and my hot water has not smelled badly since. Plus no more flushing or vacuuming. Please subscribe to find it on my channel or click here: ruclips.net/video/6mgUkBoIjJo/видео.html I know you don't know me but I'll give you the straight up truth on this, it works. And I don't get kickbacks from referrals. Thanks; Dean
My water heater would not drain and I’m glad I found our video.
The first time I turned on the hose, I could hear the sediments whirling around. I turned it off and disconnected it from the faucet, but it still didn’t drain. The hot water knob was turn on inside the house. I tried to turn on the cold water on the water heater and that had water rushing out! The bucket filled up with water and was a grayish color. But when I turned off the cold water, it still wasn’t draining by itself. Only when i turned on the cold water would any water come out. I tried to back flush it a few more times but never heard any sediments whirling around those times. Any idea for me on how to drain it or is running the cold water through the tank and letting it out enough? I did it for about 15 mins and the water wasn’t as grayish. more clear but still had little gray pieces floating around. Thanks!
I'll open up your question for my readers. Anyone have a response to Benny's question?
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@@NightSky777 Actually, I think that is a great idea!
Thank you so much for sharing this. Could I ask you for clarification on the beginning? I get the idea of backflushing but from the video I can't tell where the outside (cool water) hose goes on the water heater. The water heater hose seemed to be for the hot water. Could someone clarify for me? It sounds like I need to have two entry points for hoses for the water heater for this process (one for the cold to shoot in and one for the hot to shoot out) and I don't see that on mine. Thanks for explaining!
Let me try to explain: the hose attachment at the bottom of the tank is the 'only' hose attachment. There is not one for cold and one for hot. When we attached the hose to the tank at 40 seconds into the video and opened the tank spigot, we drained the hot water out the other end of the hose. Once finished, all we did was take that other end of the hose and attach it to an outside water spigot and turn on the water for a minute, then remove the hose from the outside spigot and let it drain out again and repeated this 4 or more times before closing the spigot on the bottom of the tank. Hope this helps.
excellent tutorial
Thank you
thanks for the tips
Thanks for viewing
Thats great video. I recently tried to drain my water heater and it didn’t drain well, i guess thats the reason. But i also have pressure regilator on the tank. Do you have one ? When i opened pressure regulator it drained a wTer from that pipe
No, there's no pressure regulator on mine. Thanks for viewing.
Can use vacuum instead of water
I tried backflushing my downstairs tank 4x but it didn't work. I also tried turning the water on to the tank to flush it out and nothing comes out.
My tank upstairs only drains if I turn the water on to the tank. When I turn the water off nothing comes out. Despite my issues it was an excellent video.
Sounds like it’s vapor locked. Did you turn on a hot water faucet or two? Maybe try opening the pressure relief valve as well. Good luck!
ill try this but i already took mountains of sediment out the water heater that came with my preowned mobile home. I got it out while renovating. Literally like a gallon of large flake sediment. Made a big mess because I had to poke at the hole to remove the junk obviously draining onto the floor. After living in it now for a month the hot water stinks. I just want to get it drained so I can replace it.
I hear ya Kyle. It can make a big smelly mess for sure. Dean
The sediment is calcium. Horrible in well water. I tried to drain my mom's water heater today, but it is so clogged up it won't drain. I'm going to try your back wash method. Thanks for posting
Diana. Thanks for watching and commenting. After you back flush please check out my video on vacuuming the sediment then please please watch the one on the Corro-Protec device I installed about a month ago. The smell is still gone!!! Thanks again and let me know if I can help. Dean
Did it work?
@@DeadEyeRabbit yes
Are there any tricks to do this on an installation with no cold water cutoff to the heater?
I will have to defer your answer to my faithful viewership. Does anyone know the answer to this question?
Shut off
main supply to house
I wish I could get to my hot water tank Dean, it's in the back of my closet inside its own sealed closet and all of my shirts are hanging in front of that door, lol 😆. I've had it burst twice in 25 years and it's not a fun clean up. I guess I could dig it out and hook a hose up to it and run it out my bedroom window, lol. 👍👍 Jay.
Hey Jay. Yeah that closet location would make for a tough location when problems arise. Just wait til you see the upcoming video I’m releasing soon on how to vacuum the tank. Sounds crazy I know. Thanks for viewing and best down there in Cabarras County.
@D J I agree DJ, right behind my hot water tank, opposite wall is the breaker box, right up against the tank, only a sheet of drywall separating it. I Agee they should've made an access door to make it easier to get to.
110% THANKS
@@WLittleW Thanks for viewing
Drain it then take that drain valve out and replace with a full port ball valve and an adapter to fit whatever hose you are using.
mine wont even drain whit back flushh too
and yes the drain vcalve works
Replace heating element/ anode rod
Been there, done that Dean. Your message is noted however, in that I settled for a powered Anode. Maybe you can find the video on my channel. Haven't had an issue since.
Roughly what $$$ would a Plumber charge to come do a Back-Flush?
Unfortunately, that's like asking what a car costs. Depends on your area of the country and what the prevailing costs are for where you live. I'm no plumber but I have a family member who is. If I were to hazard a price range as of 1/28/2023, I would expect to pay less that $200 and hopefully more like $100 to $150.
Plumber in AZ. Here the going rate for a tanked water heater flush is anywhere from $59 to $199 depending on the company and if it’s slow or busy for them.
Never understood why people feel compelled to put background music on a how-to video. We're all watching this video because we have a problem with something and to have distracting background music is completely unnecessary
I can only point to my hero Rod Serling and state: ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. In this case, the ear.
Because it makes your stressful situation seem easier to deal with. Duh! People are just stupid! Did the fing video help you KAREN or not!?
That is definitely calcium carbonate in your water. However, calcium in the water does not produce a noticeable odor.
Thanks 5th Day. Fortunately later on, I installed the electrified Corro-Protec titanium anode rod and that has fixed the smell. Might wanna check out that video if you suffer from the same.