Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

A drain pan is a shallow metal pan that the water heater sits in with a drain hole with a pipe in the bottom directed to the outside of the house. Direct the pipe on the pressure relief valve into ...

Luckily, draining a water heater is a job you can complete, in many instances, just once a year. As mundane as it might seem to set aside time to drain the water heater, the good news is that ...

Drain the water heater to improve efficiency and avoid future problems One key task homeowners often overlook is draining and ...

Aquanta also offers an optional leak sensor that you can plug in and place in the water heater’s drain pan. Should your water heater fail, water will collect in the drain pan and trigger the ...

The reason it’s important to drain some water out of your water heater at least once a year, is it moves a lot of the sediment that settles down at the bottom of the tank to the outside.

He says he designed a new way to take care of your water heater. The device is called Smart Drain Pro and uses an app on your smartphone to flush out the buildup in your water heater. His name is ...