Cleaning out a water heater

[C & M]

All of those will work. No science involved. I'd open the drain and inject water until this no longer produced sediment. Then its time to do the slosh.

[Savvy 1]

Priced doing that lately? :-(

[G]

What's the best way to clean out an already detached gas water heater? Should I shove a hose into the cold water inlet & let it wash out the drain? Or should I remove the anode and clean it from there? And/or should I fill it about 10% with water and slosh it around with a few strong guys helping out? Any recommendations?

Thanks!

[Stormin Mormon]

Most folks just pitch em out, and replace.

[Oscar_Lives]

Why do you want to heat hot water?

[Toller]

Ya know; that is dumb enough when someone refers to a hot water heater; but when they don't it is inexplicable.

[Stormin Mormon]

About $200 for mine. Tall 30. I pitched it out one 26 degree day with blowing wind. My trailer has a water heater cabinet that opens out, and I was working in about 16 inches of snow. I used my snow blower to cut a path to the water heater. when I got the old one out, I snow blew some snow over the old carcass, so I wouldn't have to deal with it till spring.

That was a hell of a day.

I can get a tall 40 for about $150.

[Bob]

Gas?

Bob

[G Hensley]

Yeah, he should have asked "what is gas water"?.