POWERFLUSHING central heating system

miken

Googled power flush looking for a company that operates in my area (Harrow) but I am knee deep in firms promising they are the best to use. How do I find a company that I can trust??

gas4you

Only by recommendation.

Powerflushing is way over rated and is not the 'cure all' answer that many profess it is and charge you a fortune in the process.

Sarahwilltry

Miken - try using a registered member of the power flush association. they have members all over the uk and you can always complain to the association if the mess up.

leehumphreys2000

I've been quoted £685 today for a powerflush, I'm not even sure that I need it.

I have a lot of knocking in the pipework and although the gas engineer showed me that there are some heating pipes in my airing cupboard which were magnetic (I assume that this is from a build up of oxides in the pipes) I'm not sure whether this is the main cause of my problem

I'll be getting a couple of other people to check it out tomorrow, hopefully it'll prove to be a cheaper job that that or something else which is much less expensive!

thetrumpetofbelieve

Well I'm guessing he put a magnet on the central heating feed pipe which would indicate that iron oxide is stuck in there. But depending on the actions required. If it is completely blocked, I don't think a power flush will remove the blockage, so you would have to renew that section of pipework and then power flush the system as it will only happen again if its not properly flushed.

If it's not completely blocked then a power flush will be a good route to go down as it will only get worse and will eventually become completely blocked.

But, £695 does sound a bit steep for just a power flush.

Kevstir

With the price some places are charging for a power flush wouldn't it be better to spend that on new radiators? My thinking is that probably 80/90% of the sludge ect will be in the radiators so replacing them gets rid of most of the crap, you then have nice new radiators that are probably more efficient, also if you fit a mangaclean at the same time this would help remove what crap is left through time.

Is my thinking sound or flawed?? , thinking based on the boiler being ok

philgreen2000

I think people are getting ripped off. We charge £45 to service a boiler, and £95 to flush a central heating system.
Powerflushing individual radiators is fine, But doing the pipework is playing with fire.
You just don't know what size pipework has been used.
A power flusher is a big box with a small pump. it looks the part, so they can charge big money.

philgreen2000

leehumphreys2000 wrote: »

I've been quoted £685 today for a powerflush, I'm not even sure that I need it.

I have a lot of knocking in the pipework and although the gas engineer showed me that there are some heating pipes in my airing cupboard which were magnetic (I assume that this is from a build up of oxides in the pipes) I'm not sure whether this is the main cause of my problem

I'll be getting a couple of other people to check it out tomorrow, hopefully it'll prove to be a cheaper job that that or something else which is much less expensive!

Magnetic heating pipes, Whatever next?
You've got to give him him credit for his good old fashioned hard sell.
Copper pipe is of a much lower quality than it once was, There is a lot of zinc in it. It isn't made in the UK any longer. It comes from Turkey and Greece. It's the same with copper coins, They are also magnetic nowadays.

southcoastrgi

you have been reported for spam & because you don't know what you are doing or talking about, you can't do a powerflush properly for £95 & you don't "powerflush" individual rads without flushing the pipework as well, you can manual flush them by taking them off but that's not a powerflush

keystone

philgreen2000 wrote: »

Magnetic heating pipes, Whatever next?

You plonker Rodney - he means copper pipes with a magnetite build-up in them.

Cheers