Power flushing is completely alien to me!!!

ginamccarthy

Since moving into my new property ive spent a lot for cooker installations, fire places etc.

Now I had an engineer round who said that my radiators are full of sludge and i probably need a powerflushing because it is coming to winter so I tested them out and a lot of the radiator parts were cold.

I went to flush radiators and had a quote of £199.00 for a powerflush.

Ive found this website to be helpful if knowing how fair prices are because i have no clue about these property things.

What is a powerflush? and what are prices like?

Many thanks Gina

Cardew

You don't say how many radiators you have, but £199 is I believe the cheapest quote anyone has posted on MSE, some quotes are over £600.

As was pointed out, sludge can indeed form in the system and a powerflush puts water at pressure through the system and drains out the sludge. It is normal then to add a chemical and a device to trap any metal filings etc.

macman

Obviously not a BG quote at £199 then...

zee_2

if you are able or have someone who can manage and is able to cope, heat up system all radiators full open both sides ,take note of position of balance valve [has no hand adjuster ,but small shifter can open under plastic cap]switch off power to system and water, drain system outside,refill system and drain again.refill.....there are variations for type of system.. but all can be carried out by someone with knowelege and comonsense ,possibly local heating engineer will let you drain and flush then reset system for you a lot cheaper also buy some radiator inhibitor online