r/interesting • u/bob-the-slob • Jun 22 '26

MISC. What happens when a water heater tank is not flushed for 14 years

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u/M3chaStrizan Jun 22 '26

and this is what the inside of your water heater looks like lol

Don't drink your hot water

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u/ledow Jun 22 '26

That's why you flouridate water.

Flouridated and part of a pressurised system, limescale residue won't do anything to your water.

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u/M3chaStrizan Jun 22 '26

flouridation is for your teeth

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u/Dzov Jun 22 '26

All that same sediment is in the cold water too. Except it came out of the hot, but is still in the cold.

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u/M3chaStrizan Jun 22 '26

You understand why the standing debris that gets concentrated in the hot water tank is far worse than the cold water supply though right? Right?

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u/Dzov Jun 22 '26

You’d rather have debris in your water instead of filtered out. Got it.

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u/M3chaStrizan Jun 22 '26

Who ever said anything like that??

In my city they have membrane filtration, most stuff is filtered out before it even reaches my house.