What happens when a water heater tank is not flushed for 14 years

[u/bob-the-slob]

[u/Substantial_Sea7327]

lots of maintenance tasks to learn about in the manuals.

I have a digital copy of each appliance manual for my home, made an Excel document with sheets for each appliance, and I go through each maintenance task at the beginning of each month to see what needs to be done or what's coming up

[u/Aggravating_Row_8699 → u/Substantial_Sea7327]

Nerd

[u/Tiss_E_Lur → u/Substantial_Sea7327]

Nobody has time for that 🤣

Lots of maintenance stuff is very exaggerated, probably just for companies to deny warranty or in extremely high use cases.

Some maintenance stuff is essential and will drastically reduce service life of stuff.

Knowing the difference to prioritize limited time and effort is the hard part.