"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ...
EL wrote:

Got a rather nasty sediment problem with my water heater. The stuff doesn't seem interested in coming out the drain, I've
tried several times. But it happily will travel out into the rest of the plumbing system, clogging aerators, shower heads,
etc.

It occurs to me that a simple solution would be to put a filter on the outlet side of the heater. But most filters I see
have plastic housings and components and don't look like they'd tolerate the temperature.

Anyone ever seen a filter that would work in this application?

Yeah I know the "right" solution would probably be a softener on the inlet, but lack of space, money, and time pretty much
rules that out.

Thanks!

Eric Law
Wilmington, MA


Are you sure it isn't the pipes? Or the supply??

Well, I'm inclined to think it's not the pipes, the house is only 5 years old. And it's only on the hot water so probably
not the supply.

Luckily it's a simple test: starting with a clean tub, I can run cold water in it all day and it stays clean. Run the hot
full blast for a minute or two and you end up with a bunch of "sand" in the tub. We're on city water, and this has been
going on for months so I don't think it's related to pipe flushing or anything like that.

Eric