Back-flushing a clogged drain on a hot water heater

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Trying to flush the nasty water from your electric hot water heater but the drain is clogged? Let me show you how to back-flush it in 4K resolution.
Link to my additional video showing detailed instructions for changing a deteriorated anode rod plus flush:
• Anode Rod Replacement ...
Disclaimer: This video is for demonstrations purposes only! Pilot View Productions assumes no liability for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Pilot View Productions recommends safe practices when working around electricity or with power tools, electrical equipment, or any other tools or equipment seen or implied in this video. Due to factors beyond the control of Pilot View Productions, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not Pilot View Productions. Attempt your own repairs only if you can accept personal responsibility for the results.

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@timhopper389 9 месяцев назад

WOW!!!!!!!! This was just what I needed to solve my problem with my 20 year old water heater. Followed everyone elses advice but it wouldnt drain. Now its draining and my problem is solved. Thanks for posting this video!!!!!!!!!!!!

@PilotViewProductions 9 месяцев назад

Glad it worked for you Tim. If you drained it because of the bad water smell, please check out my video on the Corro-Protect powered anode rod. It's been working great. Thanks again. Dean

@kevin_11_07 7 месяцев назад

Great video, was getting extremely annoyed with not being able to drain mine. Thanks again!

@PilotViewProductions 7 месяцев назад

You’re welcome

@serf6355 4 месяца назад

Your wife sounds extremely talented to have built yalls house

@PilotViewProductions 4 месяца назад

She is

@stevwebers 8 месяцев назад

Great video! This is just what I needed to finally get the water from my water heater to drain it! I still had trouble getting it to flow without the cold water supply being turned on, but when I turned it on, it flowed and blew out lots of junk. I repeated this several times. I may just have to flush my water heater with the supply on constantly. Thanks for the great advice!

@PilotViewProductions 8 месяцев назад

Glad it worked. Thanks for the comments and for viewing

@jjbackwoods6700 Год назад

Excellent vid. I needed 2 hoses as bottom one wouldn’t drain, removed top plug/ valve and stuck a hose there. I will use this flush method this weekend though

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Thanks for viewing. Dean

@listenupp1 Год назад

Beautiful presentation in detail and style!

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Thank you. This provided only a temporary fix to my problem. Please take a look at this permanent fix. It's still working. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6mgUkBoIjJo.html

@waynebloch3664 Год назад

Thanks for the informative video. 👍🏼

@Jsalas1954 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!!!! This did the trick and thanks for the coupler info I needed from lowes.

@PilotViewProductions 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for viewing and for the kind words

@edwardgarcia7414 Год назад

Thank you! I'm back flushing my water heater right now, it works!

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Hey Mr. Garcia. Glad you stopped by. I continued to have stinky water and the back flushing helped for awhile with my hot water until I discovered the Corro-Protec device. I did a sponsored video on it and my hot water has not smelled badly since. Plus no more flushing or vacuuming. Please subscribe to find it on my channel or click here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6mgUkBoIjJo.html I know you don't know me but I'll give you the straight up truth on this, it works. And I don't get kickbacks from referrals. Thanks; Dean

@petestephen4922 Год назад

Thank you for the very informative and well produced video. My house is on a well in the NC mountains near Boone. When I tried to flush my water heater last Spring, very little water came out. I expect I need to back flush it. Thanks for explaining the steps. BTW.. It looks like you are somewhere near Pilot Mountain.

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Hey Pete. Thanks for viewing and commenting. Yeah we live on the backside of the mountain. Nice to meet you. Dean

@HomeGaragechannel 2 года назад

excellent tutorial

@PilotViewProductions 2 года назад

Thank you

@dianamoran3404 3 года назад

The sediment is calcium. Horrible in well water. I tried to drain my mom's water heater today, but it is so clogged up it won't drain. I'm going to try your back wash method. Thanks for posting

@PilotViewProductions 3 года назад

Diana. Thanks for watching and commenting. After you back flush please check out my video on vacuuming the sediment then please please watch the one on the Corro-Protec device I installed about a month ago. The smell is still gone!!! Thanks again and let me know if I can help. Dean

@DeadEyeRabbit Год назад

Did it work?

@dianamoran3404 Год назад

@@DeadEyeRabbit yes

@larrywalsh5173 21 день назад

thanks for the tips

@PilotViewProductions 21 день назад

Thanks for viewing

@yaroo423 Год назад

Can use vacuum instead of water

@reelinreggie6757 Год назад

I tried backflushing my downstairs tank 4x but it didn't work. I also tried turning the water on to the tank to flush it out and nothing comes out. My tank upstairs only drains if I turn the water on to the tank. When I turn the water off nothing comes out. Despite my issues it was an excellent video.

@lifeiscrazy2436 Год назад

Sounds like it’s vapor locked. Did you turn on a hot water faucet or two? Maybe try opening the pressure relief valve as well. Good luck!

@bigdog0u81 4 месяца назад

Drain it then take that drain valve out and replace with a full port ball valve and an adapter to fit whatever hose you are using.

@lindsaywilliambrown808 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. Could I ask you for clarification on the beginning? I get the idea of backflushing but from the video I can't tell where the outside (cool water) hose goes on the water heater. The water heater hose seemed to be for the hot water. Could someone clarify for me? It sounds like I need to have two entry points for hoses for the water heater for this process (one for the cold to shoot in and one for the hot to shoot out) and I don't see that on mine. Thanks for explaining!

@PilotViewProductions 11 месяцев назад

Let me try to explain: the hose attachment at the bottom of the tank is the 'only' hose attachment. There is not one for cold and one for hot. When we attached the hose to the tank at 40 seconds into the video and opened the tank spigot, we drained the hot water out the other end of the hose. Once finished, all we did was take that other end of the hose and attach it to an outside water spigot and turn on the water for a minute, then remove the hose from the outside spigot and let it drain out again and repeated this 4 or more times before closing the spigot on the bottom of the tank. Hope this helps.

@silvergrizzly316 3 года назад

I wish I could get to my hot water tank Dean, it's in the back of my closet inside its own sealed closet and all of my shirts are hanging in front of that door, lol 😆. I've had it burst twice in 25 years and it's not a fun clean up. I guess I could dig it out and hook a hose up to it and run it out my bedroom window, lol. 👍👍 Jay.

@PilotViewProductions 3 года назад

Hey Jay. Yeah that closet location would make for a tough location when problems arise. Just wait til you see the upcoming video I’m releasing soon on how to vacuum the tank. Sounds crazy I know. Thanks for viewing and best down there in Cabarras County.

@silvergrizzly316 3 года назад

@@still-DJ I agree DJ, right behind my hot water tank, opposite wall is the breaker box, right up against the tank, only a sheet of drywall separating it. I Agee they should've made an access door to make it easier to get to.

@karenavagyan3768 6 месяцев назад

Thats great video. I recently tried to drain my water heater and it didn’t drain well, i guess thats the reason. But i also have pressure regilator on the tank. Do you have one ? When i opened pressure regulator it drained a wTer from that pipe

@PilotViewProductions 6 месяцев назад

No, there's no pressure regulator on mine. Thanks for viewing.

@deanemerson4068 2 года назад

Replace heating element/ anode rod

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Been there, done that Dean. Your message is noted however, in that I settled for a powered Anode. Maybe you can find the video on my channel. Haven't had an issue since.

@kraig7777 Год назад

Are there any tricks to do this on an installation with no cold water cutoff to the heater?

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

I will have to defer your answer to my faithful viewership. Does anyone know the answer to this question?

@robertjaneczko2857 5 месяцев назад

Shut off main supply to house

@AdrenalineRushMX 20 дней назад

mine wont even drain whit back flushh too

@AdrenalineRushMX 20 дней назад

and yes the drain vcalve works

@5thdayanglers591 2 года назад

That is definitely calcium carbonate in your water. However, calcium in the water does not produce a noticeable odor.

@PilotViewProductions 2 года назад

Thanks 5th Day. Fortunately later on, I installed the electrified Corro-Protec titanium anode rod and that has fixed the smell. Might wanna check out that video if you suffer from the same.

@docjody8624 Год назад

Roughly what $$$ would a Plumber charge to come do a Back-Flush?

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

Unfortunately, that's like asking what a car costs. Depends on your area of the country and what the prevailing costs are for where you live. I'm no plumber but I have a family member who is. If I were to hazard a price range as of 1/28/2023, I would expect to pay less that $200 and hopefully more like $100 to $150.

@the762dude2 4 месяца назад

Plumber in AZ. Here the going rate for a tanked water heater flush is anywhere from $59 to $199 depending on the company and if it’s slow or busy for them.

@DBR00 Год назад

Never understood why people feel compelled to put background music on a how-to video. We're all watching this video because we have a problem with something and to have distracting background music is completely unnecessary

@PilotViewProductions Год назад

I can only point to my hero Rod Serling and state: ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. In this case, the ear.