grey water???

Question

when I turn on the hot water it comes out grey then after sitting clears up.Cold water is always clear.

Answer 1

Jerry,

It sounds like there are tiny bubbles in your hot water. This is fairly common.

You should flush your water heater. Connect a hose to the bottom outlet & run water through it for 10 minutes or so. This will flush away any sediment. (You will be surprised at what you will have come out of the tank)

That will clear up your problem.

Norm

Answer 2

Time to flush hot water heater, or replace the unit. Remember that a water heater NEEDS to be drained off monthly. If you don't, the bottom of the tank collects sediment which will cause problems; like the one you currently mention AND corrodes the heating element.

Answer 3

your problem is your water heater. the grey water is from the settiment inside your water heater... to fix this u need to hook a garden hose to the flush vavle located at the bottom of your heater. open the vavle and let it run for 5 to 10 mins... this will flush out the settiment from the heater... however you will still have some settiment inside the rest of the water lines in the home, so u need to open your bathtub faucets and others, let run for about 5 to 10 mins... problem solved..... depending on the age and condition of the heater u may need to replace it.. good luck

Answer 4

I concure. Drain the heater (after t-off the gas/electricity).
Then allow to refill. Also the heater may need replacing. Throughout the heater's working life....calcium and minerals in your water collect in the heater tank. The buildup can clog your heater and/or pipes and / or faucets. Connect a garden hose to the drain and carefully open the drain valve. Good luck.

Answer 5

Sounds as though you have sediment coming out of your water heater. Water heaters have a drain that allows the tank to be flushed periodically. maybe the tank needs this maintenance or is close to needing replacement.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

First, its probably not some kind of contaminant coming from the source.

The ELECTRIC WATER HEATER MOST PROBABLE CULPRIT. You probably have an electric water heater and one of the elements has burned out in there or nearly burned out. That will literally explode millions of particles into the water.

You might not even notice it, since you still have hot water, but you have like 3 elements on that heat and only one has blown.

Answer 8

This is from your water heater, it should be flushed periodically: Every fall would be good.