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Home Improvement > Other Projects > How to Drain and Flush Your Water Heater

Learn how to flush accummulated sediment from your water heater tank.

Shut off the cold water supply to the tank, turning the cut off valve to the full "off" position. You want to drain the tank completely without having an incoming flow of water competing with the emptying process.

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