PSA: Drain Your Water Heater!

 A word of caution to all you homeowners:  be kind to your water heater and follow these instructions on how to maintain it regularly.  After 1) spending the past two weeks rationing our hot water; 2) spending a few hours with the father-in-law trying to figure out how to wrestle a burnt out and rusted heating element encased in 5+ inches of built up sediment out of the weater heater; 3) sweeping 40 gallons of water, rust, lime, wood and other cruddy debris that drained into the garage – out, and; 4) a trip to Lowes…I’ve learned yet another home improvement lesson.