Video: Water Heater Air Intake Screen Cleaning

CONCORD — Host, Sarah Rutan: One often-overlooked aspect of water heater maintenance is cleaning the air intake screen. Today we’re in Concord with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Rod Tehrani of Absolute Plumbing and Drain to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Hamid Rod Tehrani: I have one simple tip to keep your water heater in good standing, working position. Which by cleaning it, clean both sides of your water heater. You can use your vacuum and get the lint off of the screen. That cause the—the pilot goes off when the screen has lots of lint, so the doesn’t get in there. There’s residue buildup on your pilot, and the water heater is going to stop working all of a sudden. It can be two, three-years-old water heater, and then you have that issue. Just keep it clean and use your vacuum, and you can flush it yourself once a year as well, or if you need the help, give us a call. We can help you to flush it.

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