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Originally Posted by Velvet
Well, retiredguy and my friends here at TOTV, we learn from each other.
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Yep, that's right. We do learn from each other. It's the main reason I come to this site. I just moved here from Minnesota and to get any kind of contractor on site up there is going to run you a minimum of $200, and that's just for them to walk in your front door. So is $240 expensive? Not for Minnesota but I am learning labor down here is a lot cheaper.
I flushed my tank myself up in Minnesota but that was in preparation of installing a sand filter and an anode rod in my water heater due to iron in my water.
Also, flushing a water tank may seem like a simple task but if you have a gas water heater you're supposed to shut off the gas. That means you need to know how to turn it off, turn it on, and light your pilot. If you don't know what you're doing this could be potentially very dangerous. When I was a septic contractor I went out to a house where there had been a propane gas leak that had been running all night while the homeowner slept. He woke up in the morning and flicked on his light switch and it blew up the house. It ripped 2/3 of the roof off the house, blew out half of the main floor and cracked the concrete floor in the basement. They found the guy laying out in his yard with third-degree burns. I don't think he made it. I'm not saying that this would happen with a hot water heater but messing with gas is no joke.