Bob from accounting
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We recently did an annual flush of our 5-year-old water heater. Pressurized flushing of the tank, power flushed for 25 mins. But then afterward we emptied the tank to swap out the gas control valve rather than doing an airlock swap out.
When we re-pressurized our pipes, I opened up our tube faucet during the process to bleed.
I did see some sediment coming out of the Tub faucet.
I am concerned that some of the hard minerals from the WH made it up into the tub supply line and down the tub drain. The tub drains slower now as a result. My hunch is that the tub drain has some old water heater sediment gunk that needs to be broken down.
I do not have easy access to snake it. I have been using bio clean for 6 months, but for hard mineral deposits that might have snuck into the drain and gunked it up. Can I use vinegar or citric acid to break it down? It is a 2” galvanized steel piping that I have to replace as soon as I have the budget to. In the meantime, I want to make sure citric acid or vinegar will be ok with galvanized steel and will help break down the mineral deposits that made their way into the drain line from the water heater flushing process.
It did not drain slowly prior as I have been religious with Bio-Clean, so I feel like there is sediment in these delicate drain lines that I baby, I am hoping I can break down the minerals with citric acid and not hurt the pipes.
When we re-pressurized our pipes, I opened up our tube faucet during the process to bleed.
I did see some sediment coming out of the Tub faucet.
I am concerned that some of the hard minerals from the WH made it up into the tub supply line and down the tub drain. The tub drains slower now as a result. My hunch is that the tub drain has some old water heater sediment gunk that needs to be broken down.
I do not have easy access to snake it. I have been using bio clean for 6 months, but for hard mineral deposits that might have snuck into the drain and gunked it up. Can I use vinegar or citric acid to break it down? It is a 2” galvanized steel piping that I have to replace as soon as I have the budget to. In the meantime, I want to make sure citric acid or vinegar will be ok with galvanized steel and will help break down the mineral deposits that made their way into the drain line from the water heater flushing process.
It did not drain slowly prior as I have been religious with Bio-Clean, so I feel like there is sediment in these delicate drain lines that I baby, I am hoping I can break down the minerals with citric acid and not hurt the pipes.
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