When it heats up, we’re often discussing how important it is to maintain your HVAC system, but did you know that warmer weather also causes issues for your home’s hot water heater? A lot of people don’t know that season changes will often cause water heaters to run hot and put extra stress on it. If you want to extend the life of your water heater, the easy solution is flushing it!
This week, Andrew discusses how to do this, as well as other things you can do to maintain the life of your water heater. Most water heaters have a life of 8 to 10 years, if you get really DIY specific, you can replace the heating element and extend a few more years — though that’s a bit higher level of DIY than most people are comfortable with.
Listen to this week’s episode on KNCO at 9am, or online here -> https://www.easyasabt.com/show/June-04-2021.mp3