powerflushing gone silly.

[jl-heating]

well rewires are getting cheaper and cu swops are virtually free now they have jumped on the bandwagon we have a local 6 month gas fitter doing powerflushing for 150 pound.

it takes up to 8 hrs to flush a heating correctly and solutions cost up to 30 pound to buy inc neutraliser.

the machine is between 300 and 1200 pound to buy depending on quality of machine.

some heatings you have to remove the header tanks and cylinder completely to flush correctly and sometime isolate the boiler with valves to flush the boiler.

i will be honest if they want the work for that they are welcome to it.

i charge 280+ depending on size and dont think thats enough, BG charge 650 +

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Guiness Drink

 

[batty]

well rewires are getting cheaper and cu swops are virtually free now they have jumped on the bandwagon we have a local 6 month gas fitter doing powerflushing for 150 pound.it takes up to 8 hrs to flush a heating correctly and solutions cost up to 30 pound to buy inc neutraliser.

the machine is between 300 and 1200 pound to buy depending on quality of machine.

some heatings you have to remove the header tanks and cylinder completely to flush correctly and sometime isolate the boiler with valves to flush the boiler.

i will be honest if they want the work for that they are welcome to it.

i charge 280+ depending on size and dont think thats enough, BG charge 650 +

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Guiness Drink

Trouble JL is they probably don't do it, they will fiddle about for an hour take the money and run and I bet there won't be a guaratee with it. There will always be someone who will undercut you but at what price. Stick to your guns you will be in business a lot longer than them.

Batty

 

[binky]

Trouble JL is they probably don't do it, they will fiddle about for an hour take the money and run and I bet there won't be a guaratee with it. There will always be someone who will undercut you but at what price. Stick to your guns you will be in business a lot longer than them.Batty

Only if joe public really knows the difference, which of course they don't hence the cowboys get away with it X(

 

[Evans Electric]

JL What is all this power flushing , what was wrong with just draining down and refilling ?

What does it achieve , exactly. ?

 

[Andy™]

JL What is all this power flushing , what was wrong with just draining down and refilling ? What does it achieve , exactly. ?

power flushing gets rid of the crap in the system. drainin down and re-fil gets rid of just the water

 

[jl-heating]

from here

...are all expressions used (in the heating trade over many years) to denote the process by which heating systems are forcibly cleansed using water at high velocity, but low pressure, so that no physical damage is caused to the system. The process can be made even more effective with the addition of powerful cleansing and mobilising agents such as FX2 and HYPER-FLUSH, from Kamco.

The objective is to restore systems with circulation and boiler noise problems (caused by sludge and corrosion deposits) to optimum operation. Power flushing removes these deposits and the problems that they cause.

Click here to see animated symptoms diagramClick the image (left) to see a working diagram of the symptoms which indicate that Power Flushing would be beneficial.

Power flushing, in conjunction with SYSTEM PRE-CLEAN, is also an excellent way to pre-commission clean new heating systems, to remove excess flux, swarf and other debris, and the grease and oil used to prevent rusting of components before use.

It is prudent to power flush a heating system immediately before fitting a new boiler to an existing system to prevent possible future problems. Many systems are found to contain corrosion and sludge, even if no flow problems have yet shown themselves.

Existing debris is often mobilised by alterations to the system/piping and the increased efficiency of the new boiler, and may then accumulate in the boiler heat exchanger, causing noisy operation, reduced efficiency and, in extreme circumstances, failure of the boiler. The high efficiency and compactness of modern boilers, developed to minimise fuel costs and pollution, means that they are more susceptible to problems caused by debris in the system water.

CLEARFLOW

 

[jl-heating]

i always fill this out after a flush as a visual aid for the customer

 

[green-hornet]

well rewires are getting cheaper and cu swops are virtually free now they have jumped on the bandwagon we have a local 6 month gas fitter doing powerflushing for 150 pound.it takes up to 8 hrs to flush a heating correctly and solutions cost up to 30 pound to buy inc neutraliser.

the machine is between 300 and 1200 pound to buy depending on quality of machine.

some heatings you have to remove the header tanks and cylinder completely to flush correctly and sometime isolate the boiler with valves to flush the boiler.

i will be honest if they want the work for that they are welcome to it.

i charge 280+ depending on size and dont think thats enough, BG charge 650 +

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Guiness Drink

A plumber I know had a 5 year contract for power flushing properties and was paid