Are mineral deposits in your water heater costing you money?
The water in your home contains naturally occurring small amounts of sediment and minerals, which can lead to limescale or other stains in your bathtub, sink or on chrome fixtures- which you may have noticed and had to clean before. But these same minerals can build up in pipes and in the places you can’t see.
Your water heater is no exception. With so much water being pushed through the tank, heated, and delivered to the faucets in your home, your water heater will soon develop sediment and mineral deposits in the tank. The heating elements in the tank now have to work harder to heat the water and keep it hot- which uses more energy and costs you more money. Some estimate that mineral deposits in a water heater can tack on even hundreds of dollars a year in energy costs.
There’s a simple solution that you can do yourself: you can clean out the deposits without having to call a plumber. Every water heater is different- check the manual for your particular water heater and look up the instructions on how to flush the tank or clean it out. Most instructions involve turning off the unit, ten attaching a garden hose to part of the tank to flush it out, and another hose to drain the tank into a sink or drain.
