Reply To: 2yr old water heater clogged?

Got it! There’s a check valve in the outlet nipple that has a glass ball and seat thats supossed to insulate the heat in the tank from transfering to the house pipe when the waters not flowing. This valve stuck in the closed position. I removed the valve and put a straight pipe in it’s place. I don’t see how the glass ball prevents heat transfer anyway as it gets just has hot as the water!