Central heating advice

brovahelpa

Is ther anyone who can advise me regarding work on my central heating system. My landlord is a newly created housing association that is generaly leaving a lot to be desired.

In Feb the system was given its yearly sevice. The engineer reported that it urgently needed a power flush and said the system was full of sludge, and this accounted for why a months bill was £80, coz it meant the boiler was powering all the time.( I only have a one bedroom bungalow.) In March I was given a date for the end of April, then today I get a call that they want to come and inspect the boiler coz it might be too old to do a power flush. ( The service engineer told me the boiler was about 10 yrs old)

My question is why do they, one week before the booked date, want to query the boilers age. I think they are simply trying not to do the job. He comes tomorrow and I need to know what he may be talking about.

Help!

ihateyes

My understanding is the powerflush does not directly affect the boiler.

The powerflush will clean out the radiators and pipework.

Indirectly the water passing through the boilers heat exchanger will then be clean, therefore stopping the heat exchanger and pump from becoming blocked.

age of boiler shouldnt matter.

DanConroy

You can send a central heating water sample off and have it tested. There are many companies that will do it for free, just do a search in Google.

southcoastrgi

powerflushing using an existing boiler means the whole system is cleaned unless they bypass the boiler, however most flushing chemicals work better by being heated, there are chemicals that say they will work hot or cold but imo all of them work better hot, unless your boiler is leaking (or showing signs of leaking previously) they won't be able to tell if a powerflush is going to create problems, by bypassing the boiler (if they do) then the heat exchanger won't be cleaned of sludge or scale so in that case it's not going to make a great deal of difference to your gas usage, a powerflush should take between 4-6 hrs if done properly

I've just noticed the date (shame that others don't take notice before commenting on an old thread !!) & that you will have already had this done by now