How to Flush a Water Heater | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey shows a quick and effective way to drain a sediment-filled water heater. (See below for a shopping list.)
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Shopping list for How to Flush a Water Heater:
- garden hose, used to drain water heater
- electric pump, used to pump drained water to the outdoors; not needed if basement has floor drain
- 5-gallon bucket

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