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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
If you turn on all of the hot water faucets full blast, after a few minutes, all of the hot water will be gone and you will create enough turbulence in the tank to flush out some of the loose sediment. The drain valve at the bottom of the tank is designed to drain the tank, not to create a flushing action. The drain valve is way too small to be very effective at flushing out sediment.
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I've flushed pounds and pounds of minerals out of my tank over the years using the drain valve. The driveway gets covered in white crystals. The cold water coming in at the bottom of the tank stirs them up.