Sediment Buster on a hot water tank that I have never flushed.

Open up the t&p valve next time, let's more air directly into the tank. Faucets don't always do the trick

Why not just put the hose outside, open the valve and let the house water pressure blow all the stuff out?

Get an anode or flush with vinegar. They also make descaler.

I never understood why you need to flush the sediment out in the first place. Since the crud is at the bottom and the outlet is at the top, the tank will rust out before the two ever meet.

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It's a necessary evil. I just bought a home and did this to my water heater. I know the previous owner never did. The water was smelly. It took me several hours of flushing before I got all of the stuff out of not only the water heater but all of the pipes in the house. It's also a good idea to remove all of the faucet aerators cause they can get very clogged with debris. I have really hard water in my area. It worked out very well for me. I will do this every 6 months from now on. It will be much faster the next time now that I have removed all of that stuff from my water system. Water smells clean again. I wrote the date of the flush on a piece tape and put it on the side of the water heater so I will know when to do the next flush. I used to do this religiously at my other home and my water heater lasted 30 years. Thanks for the video. It was fun to watch.

Replace that original drain and install one that opens fully open. I forget what it's called.

It's not a hot water heater, it's a water heater. Why the hell would you ever need to heat hot water?

I don't have a ait compressor. Would a heavy duty bicycle pump do instead?

This is all the sediment you got from 6 years?

As a first time homeowner, I didn't know this was needed either and did my first at 10 years. I had a butt load of sediment. I found that during draining if I pulsed the cold water intake it would disturb the sediment allowing it to flow more freely. Took me hours to completely drain.

Also my anode rod was completely gone. Just a corroded wire remained.

Anyone looking to do this… DONT! This is not a joke. If you have never flushed your water heater every year since it was new, do not do it. That scale and sediment buildup is probably the only thing holding your heater from bursting. The only people that push people to do this are plumbers looking for work

Before I blow out water heaters that have been in use for years I let the water run out the drain valve through the hose for ten minutes while i get the air compressor set up to a faucet. Make the job go ao much faster when changing elements and cleaning the rest of the sediment out through the element port. Plus doing that more rhan half the sediment goes out while I'm doing the power flush. I let mine run once a year for a half hour and the water smell one might get from the hot side is gone.

I clean mine by draining all the water by removing the drain. Then taking the water heater outside and using a hose nozel to break up the sediment. Usuallg get about 2-5 gallon buckets full.

I had handfuls of sediment and I just opened the spout. I might need one of these to really clean it.

My buddy just drained the water heater this week. He got a lot of nasty crud out. The water in the shower seems a lot hotter. He didn't use any fancy tool, he just opened the valve and let the water drain through a hose.
I'm sure the tool would do a better job.
The job is totally unnecessary if you like changing water heaters.

“Not once, and that was six years ago.” That makes no sense.

this would have been much better if you would have put a camera in there before and after. It didn't look to me like you got that much sediment out of it, but hard to say how much was in there. We don't know your water quality, I cut open my old water heater after over 30 years and not 1 time did I flush it and there was virtual nothing in it.

more trash scam BS.

If I had a 15 year old water heater, which has to be on borrowed time, I would just leave it alone or replace it now before having to replace it in an emergency, probably on a holiday weekend.

Note to self open a hot water faucet so you don’t blow your plumbing 🤣

I worked for the guy who made this product, he’s a plumber very good tool!

I've been flushing my tank every 3 years and finally got it ~95% clean. Here's what's happening. The original drain valve has a pea size drain hole in it. The drain valve sits above the bottom of the tank by about 2 inches. Hard water sediment is heavier than water. So... When you open the drain valve the rush of water carries some floaters to the valve and clogs it up. Backpressure will clear it over and over again. But the real sediment remains in the bottom. How do I know? I bought a borescope and stuck it down the top anode hole to see the tank bottom. Resolution- completely drain the tank. May take several hours. Replace original valve with a 3/4" full port ball valve. Now you will have amazing flow but there will still be a lot of sediment in the tank bottom. Two options. Remove lower heating element and use a shop vac with hose reducers down to about 1" to shove hose into the element hole and suck out the sediment. You still will only get about 60-70%. Then I added a solution of citric acid down the anode hole and let it sit for ~30 minutes. The acid dissolves the sediment, just like vinegar does. Then fill the tank with water and drain to flush out the dissolved sediment. You get it about 95%. I'm good with that. And if you remove a screw-in heater element the sealing O ring is p/n: Camco 06822 on eBay. If you're not familiar with working w/ electricity and plumbing get someone qualified to assist.

And the HVAC filter right next to the heater… getting all the work done at once eh?

couldn't you just use an air gun with a rubber tip?

You have a way to small diameter hose.

Hook up the hose to spigot give a burst of water back into tank to loosen sediment. Works better, no gadget needed.

$40 piece of plastic trash. Step long ways on the hose close to the valve and it will force water backward to clear any blockage.

My hot water tank is over 40 years old, I've lived there 26 years and never knew I had to do this.
An element went and when I changed it the lime slurry was covering the bad element.
I bought one of these tools and I will try it this weekend. After seeing this video I'm nervous that there's so much slurry in the tank it won't work.

First I changed the drain valve to a “ BALL VALVE “ my heater is a AO SMITH which has a cheap plastic ( small hole ) drain valve NOW that itself made a big difference I went from a drain valve the size of a pencil eraser to a ball valve the size of a quarter