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Question: How old is your water heater? If it is over 10 years old then it could be close to the end of its usefull life from what various plumbers have told me. Plus if it is about 10+ years old it could have quite a bit of sediment built up inside.

I agree with Camp Guy comments and think you should flush the water heater. Make sure you turn the water heater off while doing this to prevent any potential damge to electric or gas components in the water heaters. If there is a lot of sediment it could take a while to clear out. I have seen this process shorten the life of an older water heater so be careful. I flush my propane fired water heater once a year and it is more efficent and should last longer if done from new.

If you have a tankless water heater, inside a furnace, then the tankless coil may be failing and you are getting corrosion as sediment but I think that is less likely. Tankless water heaters usually clog with heavy corrosion inside the coils reducing the temperature and amount of hot water you get. How quickly the clogging of the coils occurs will depend on the amount of minerals, iron and manganese for example, you have in your water. My source of information on this is from plumbers and home inspectors I have worked with over the years. No, I am not a plumber either.


Good luck.