My friend has a vacation house she uses only every do often, maybe a week every other month. While she is gone, she leaves the water heater turned off at the breaker but full of water. When she gets back, the water in the hot water ( but not the cold) lines smells like rotten eggs (from sulfer?).
So a two part question.
One, other than running and flushing the hot water lines, what gets rid of the smell?
Two, should she drain the water heater ( easy to do where it's located) and risk interior rusting in the high corrosion enviroment the house is in?
Inquiring minds want to know!
2006-12-13
01:11:04
·
9 answers
·
asked by
yankee_sailor
7
in
Maintenance & Repairs