ARE YOU NOTICING YOUR HOME'S TAP WATER HAS A
SLIGHTLY UNPLEASANT ODOR?

THAT ODOR MIGHT INDICATE A BACTERIAL
BUILD UP IN YOUR WATER HEATER.

Water Heaters can be a reservoir for odor causing bacterial build-up if they sit idle for any length of time. If you've been away from home and now you're noticing an unpleasant odor from your tap water, there is a solution, and it's something you can do yourself. It's cheap and simple (although it's only temporary).

(CAUTION: Turn off the breaker to your electric water heater, or shut off the gas to gas water heaters before working on your waterheater):

First, shut off the cold water valve to your water heater, then open a hot faucet somewhere in your house to relieve pressure. Drain some water from the tank. Open the plumbing on one side, and dump in a few pints of hydrogen peroxide. Close everything up, turn on the cold water again, and let some water run from all spigots and taps. You should be odor-free until the next time you go out of town and your water heater sits unused. Then you'll have the problem again - but now you know the solution.

By the way: use peroxide, not chlorine bleach. Either will work, but peroxide is much safer.

If you have an odor at only one sink, put the peroxide down the basin overflow, instead of into the water heater. Sometimes bacteria can build up in there, too.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us for more info: www.stevensplumbingac.com/water_heater_repair_sales.html