Find the right plan at the right price. It’s hard to imagine modern life without water heaters. Invented in 1889 by Norwegian engineer Edwin Ruud, the water heater has undergone many design ...

No one likes standing around waiting for hot water, especially first thing in the morning. If it takes forever to get warm water flowing through your taps, sediment buildup in your water heater could ...

If you’ve never flushed your hot water heater, or haven’t done it in years, you could be in for a nasty surprise—in the form of sediment build-up. One sign of excessive sediment buildup is a popping ...

Luckily, draining a water heater is a job you can complete, in many instances, just once a year. As mundane as it might seem to set aside time to drain the water heater, the good news is that, ...

Q: We just moved into our house and have no idea what shape the water heater is in. I’ve been told it’s a good idea to drain it periodically, but what steps do I need to take to flush it? A: You ...

Q: Our two-year-old gas-fired water heater knocks and rumbles while we use the hot water, and just afterward. Should we buy a new one? Media Platforms Design Team Flushing the sediment out of a water ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

The reason it’s important to drain some water out of your water heater at least once a year, is it moves a lot of the sediment that settles down at the bottom of the tank to the outside. Now you don’t ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...