Find the right plan at the right price. It’s hard to imagine modern life without water heaters. Invented in 1889 by Norwegian engineer Edwin Ruud, the water heater has undergone many design ...

Drain the water heater to improve efficiency and avoid future problems One key task homeowners often overlook is draining and flushing the water heater. This process is relatively straightforward, but ...

This thing happens in the DIY blog-o-sphere. A plumbing expert gets up on YouTube and gives a tutorial of how to clean out the sediment from your water heater. You've read a bunch of articles online, ...

Over time, sediment builds up in the bottom of most hot water tanks. These sediments reduce the water capacity of the tank and impede the overall efficiency of the heater. Periodic flushing of the hot ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...

Q. I have an electric water heater and a couple of years ago I had to put in a new bottom element. I had a heck of a time getting the tank to drain. Any suggestions on how to make it drain faster—or ...

The master bathroom in our two-story Victorian house is as far away from the water heater in the basement as it is possible to be. Therefore, it takes minutes for the hot water at the sink to arrive.

While there’s nothing inherently seasonal about water heater maintenance, the holidays tend to bring an extra layer of demand ...