Close the drain valve and pressure relief valve.
Drain hot water heater in attic.
Open the drain valve on the tank.
Turn off the water supply to your house do this in case the water leak is coming from the cold water line that is not.
It s problematic to have a water heater in your attic because leaks can damage your attic and foster an environment for mold.
I m going to throw this out first then we can get into the process.
How to drain and flush a water heater.
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Adjusting the temperature is harder.
Go back to the hot water tap opened earlier.
This would be a good example of how not to install an attic drain pan.
I wouldn t drain it.
Turn off the incoming water supply in the attic do this at the water stop at the top of the water heater.
Turn the water valve to start the flow of water through the heater so it drains through the drain valve.
Yes it is a drain pan and it is under the water heater but the tpr valve drain piping was routed through a roughly cut out hole in the side of the pan so the pan will immediately leak when water drips into it and it has no drain to exterior even if it was watertight.
People want to try to drain these things.
Open the water valve for 5 minutes to flush out the water heater.
If you re gonna drain a water heater.
If you re gonna drain a water heater to keep the sediment down you have to do it in our climate if you don t have a water softener every three to six months.
Detailed walk through on how to drain and flush a gas or electric water heater.
A water heater in the attic saves square footage tank type water heaters are big hulking cylinders filled with anywhere from forty to seventy gallons of hot water.
Giant tanks of water happen to take up a lot of square footage and primarily for that reason many builders have opted to place water heaters in the attic of new homes.
Release the pressure relief valve on top of the tank.
Allow the water in the tank to drain out.
Sediment can collect at the bottom of your water heater so it s important that you run fresh water through it to flush it all out.
The tank will begin to fill.
Maintenance should be done yearly and is more difficult because going into the attic is cumbersome.
It may be more costly to replace.
