How old is your house?
Does it have copper or iron water pipes?
It may have nothing to do with your W.H. at all, hot water lines tend to build plaque long before cold water lines do. Which is the main cause for low pressure in hot water lines.
I'm a retired Union Steamfitter/ Plumber of 40+ years, if I can help, let me know.
Even if you have copper pipes, someone may have used steel nipples between the piping and the angle stops, if that's the case you may need to pull off each angle stop and replace the nipples with brass nipples, like it should've been plumbed to begin with.
By the way, whoever said that draining water heater sediment into your waste lines would harm them is completely wrong, it won't hurt a damn thing.
If I can help, let me know.
Dan
Does it have copper or iron water pipes?
It may have nothing to do with your W.H. at all, hot water lines tend to build plaque long before cold water lines do. Which is the main cause for low pressure in hot water lines.
I'm a retired Union Steamfitter/ Plumber of 40+ years, if I can help, let me know.
Even if you have copper pipes, someone may have used steel nipples between the piping and the angle stops, if that's the case you may need to pull off each angle stop and replace the nipples with brass nipples, like it should've been plumbed to begin with.
By the way, whoever said that draining water heater sediment into your waste lines would harm them is completely wrong, it won't hurt a damn thing.
If I can help, let me know.
Dan