Ill introduce myself first. My name is Dan and I just bought my first house at the beginning of June. I'm happy to have my first house but I knew I would quickly need to learn to be a DIY-er. With that comes my first real problem.
About a week ago we experienced a sudden loss in hot water pressure throughout the house. Turning on any of the faucets to just hot water gets a slow stream, while just cold gets a rush of water. I'm thinking sediment buildup because the guy we bought the house from said at one point in time this used to be well water and there now sits an unused water softener in my garage. I tried draining the 50 gal hot water heater but not all the way, got about 8-9 gal out of it. When I did this through the pressure valve i got some milky looking water but through the actual drain valve it was about a clear as I would have hoped for. I'm at a loss of what to do and last thing I want to do is call in a plumber if I can fix it myself.
Side not: After draining the heater, when i tried the hot water, the pressure was greatly improved but only for less than a minute then came the spitting and sputtering before it returned to a slow stream. Also during this first rush of hot ware came some greyish looking stuff that quickly ended.
Thanks for any help.
About a week ago we experienced a sudden loss in hot water pressure throughout the house. Turning on any of the faucets to just hot water gets a slow stream, while just cold gets a rush of water. I'm thinking sediment buildup because the guy we bought the house from said at one point in time this used to be well water and there now sits an unused water softener in my garage. I tried draining the 50 gal hot water heater but not all the way, got about 8-9 gal out of it. When I did this through the pressure valve i got some milky looking water but through the actual drain valve it was about a clear as I would have hoped for. I'm at a loss of what to do and last thing I want to do is call in a plumber if I can fix it myself.
Side not: After draining the heater, when i tried the hot water, the pressure was greatly improved but only for less than a minute then came the spitting and sputtering before it returned to a slow stream. Also during this first rush of hot ware came some greyish looking stuff that quickly ended.
Thanks for any help.
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