Water heater inspection is one of the most important things you can do to prevent water damage to your home. Check the date on the water heater to see if the water heater is older than 10 years old. The location of the date located on a tag attached to the water heater near the serial numbers. Some hot water heaters the date is located within the serial number. When inspecting the hot water heater to outside. Look for any water stains to the exterior of the tank relief valve, tube. Also look over any and all pipes connections for signs of sediment or leaking.
Water heater inspection and types of hot water heaters
The most common type of hot water heater is a I storage tank where the atmospheric venting into a chimney. If you find that you have tempered or lukewarm hot water.
I would recommend flushing the hot water heater at the base of the hot water heater. By attaching a hose to the drain connection. Also draining the hot water heater and the mineral deposits that accumulate at the bottom of the hot water heater. This drastically improves the temperature of the hot water at the tap.
The next type of hot water heater is a tankless hot water heater attached to a wall. This type of hot water heater is generally newer and venting out an exterior side wall with PVC type pipes.
Tankless on demand hot water heater inspection
Another type of tankless hot water heater is connected to a boiler. This is located on the side with a round or rectangle cover plate. This type of hot water heater restricts the amount of hot water due to the nature of a tankless coil inside. Boilers overtime the coil breaks down and is no longer able to extract the temperature of the boil water due to mineral buildup or breakdown or failure of the coil.
