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Nasty smell off hot water

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  • 14-05-2007 7:52pm
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    FrinkDink
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    For as long as I can remember now, there has been a strong odor from the hot water in my house. It's not a suphuric 'rotten egg' odor, more like a smell of sediment or something that shouldn't be present in the water. It's also a little discoloured (slightly yellow) and I just feel its very unhealthy and want to know what it is and what could be done about it. The old hot water cylinder sprung a leak in March of last year and had to be replaced, but the problem returned.
    Is there an easy way to remove or flush any accumulated sediment from the bottom of the cylinder? The hotter the water is, the more noticeable the smell.


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    mike65
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    Are you on proper mains or a local scheme or a well?

    Mike.


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    secman
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    Have you checked the storage tanks in the attic, have heard of dead birds etc ............


    Just a thought, nasty one though !

    Secman


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    311
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    You probably need a new tank ,check and see if the tank is steel.
    Steel tanks have a life span ,they burst at the end of it :eek:


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    mike65
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    secman wrote:
    Have you checked the storage tanks in the attic, have heard of dead birds etc ............


    Just a thought, nasty one though !

    Secman

    Happened to us once. Shudders.

    Mike.


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    FrinkDink
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    We're living in south Dublin, so yeah, mains water. Definitely dont need a new attic tank (its plastic), and had the hot water cylinder replaced last year. It seems the problem is something to do with how the water is being fed into the house from the street mains. The county council have been round twice in the past two weeks to flush out the mains, and each time the water dramatically improves for a week or two before slowly becoming sediment filled again. It is really frustrating in this day and age to be living on a road with such a shoddy mains system. Presumably we are close to a dead end of one.


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