Ac and heating and Air Solutions: Heating and air conditioning Maintenance for Homeowners
Your water heater is one pretty used and higher priced appliances in your home, and consumes a large associated with your energy dollars each month. And experts say regular care and maintenance is essential to protecting your investment and saving from the home heating as well as costs.
Regular flushing of your water heater is considered the single most important step you consider to prolong its service life and even save energy. In a period of time, sediments build up in the bottom of your water heater. These sediments act as a barrier between the flame and the tank, thereby making your heater burn longer and hotter. This is not just destructive to the tank, but highly inefficient and will significantly raise your heating costs.
In most areas of the country, the common water heater lasts 3-5 years. Regularly flushing your water heater can double the life of your hot water heater from 3-5 to 7-10 years. Are investigating costs of replacement running from $700 to over $1200 in some cases, getting the most from your heater is in today’s economy. In addition, regular flushing makes your hot water heater run more efficiently and can cut heating costs fifty percent. Depending on the volume of drinking water your home uses, that can mean a savings of $20 to over $50 a week.
To drain your water heater, initially you should set the thermostat to pilot (if it is really a gas water heater) or turn the circuit breaker off (if it is actually electric heater). Failure to do so could result in overheating and severe damage to drinking water heater. Next, close the water supply valve located over the water inlet line going into your water heater. Then you’re connect a garden hose to the drain valve located at the base of the central heater. Open the drain and allow it to run until all on the water has emptied from the air conditioner. Then close the drain. Open the water supply valve and refill the hot water heater. You should also open a hot water faucet somewhere at home and stand there and watch it run for several minutes until the flows out smoothly. This will allow air to vent because of the heater and the water lines. Finally, you can turn the thermostat back to its regular setting (for a gas heater), or turn the circuit breakers back on (for an electric heater).
Besides regularly flushing your water heater, plumbing experts also advise adding a water treatment system home to filter or condition the water so may less corrosive to your plumbing system, particularly in areas which have hard hot water. For more ways to care for and protect your home plumbing system, contact a licensed, professional plumbing contractor in place to discuss options and merchandise to provide what you need.
Abacus Plumbing, Air Conditioning & Electrical
The Woodlands, TX
(281) 528-1610
