Central Heating / Powerflush Questions... Answered.
Answer: It is the water in it.
Answer: Nobody, as there is no profit in doing so. So… it’s up to you.
Answer: It is impossible to stop corrosion but you can reduce it.
Answer: By adding an inhibitor to the system when it is cleaned.
Answer: Once a year.
Answer: Unfortunately manufacturers live in an ideal world. They do not experience systems which pump over or drain down without inhibitor being replaced, evaporation and so on. An inhibitor is a chemical which will break down in time and therefore needs to be replaced. Also, most people will not remember to replace the inhibitor in 3 years’ time. They will remember to add it to the system yearly.
Answer: Most engineers do a service by Boiler Manufacturers’ guidelines. Can you remember the last time the service engineer went to your loft and put inhibitor in? Or pumped it into the system if you have a closed system?
Answer: If your system is dirty (Which is likely if it has not been cleaned in the last 5 years) the inhibitor would have little effect. This is because it works by coating the insides of the system in order to repel water. With sludge in the system, the system does not receive the coating as it is wasted on the sludge.
Answer: Most times, it will be because it has been recommended by your service engineer. Also, some customers check out problems on the Internet and come to that conclusion.
Answer: Let me say this, most systems have not been looked after correctly (not the customers’ fault). I would say that if your system is more than 5 years old, Probably. If your system is having a new boiler then the manufacturer’s warranty and guarantee will be null and void if you do not have a PowerFlush certificate when it is installed. We find that on most occasions boilers Do Not have to be replaced if a PowerFlush is done correctly.
Answer: Even with 20 Years PowerFlushing experience, It is impossible to say. I have never been able to clean a system in under 4 hours and some have taken 14 hours. This is why we only clean 1 system per day. We also guarantee that if your engineer can prove that we have not cleaned the system correctly and puts that in writing, we will re-do your system free of charge.
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