A power flush is a process carried out by central heating engineers designed to remove sludgy build-up in the boiler, pipes and radiators that make up your central heating system. A power flushing unit sends water through your central-heating system at high velocity to dislodge any build-up of sludge, rust and other debris. This helps to improve the efficiency and lifespan of the boiler and central heating system and prevent breakdowns. As with so many plumbing issues, regular maintenance (including power flushing) is the best way to keep your system in shape
One or more of these symptoms could indicate that your central heating system would benefit from a powerflush:
No. If there is a broken part in your boiler, or elsewhere in your central-heating system, power flushing will not fix it. Power flushing can improve the efficiency of your system and keep it running effectively but it cannot mend valves that have broken as a result of sludge in the system, for example.
Equally, power flushing is not the solution to pressure loss. That usually indicates a leak in the system – again this may have occurred due to inefficient running, but the power flushing will not solve the problem by itself. Power flushing works best if it is carried out regularly from when a system is new. If you have an older boiler and system (if it’s 15 years old or more) then power flushing might not work for you. In this case, it’d be more cost-effective to look at replacing the boiler, radiators and maybe some of the pipework, rather than trying to improve a failing system.
Because power flushing pushes water around your central-heating system at high speed, it can increase pressure on any areas of weakness, such as rusting radiators. If there are any underlying weaknesses, it can lead to leaks.
No. It will remove a good proportion of it, but it cannot remove all the sludge in the system. If your system is very old or very-heavily silted up, then power flushing may not be sufficient to remedy the problem.
MagnaClean is a magnetic filter, a component that can be fitted a boiler's pipework to collect any rust, sludge or debris from the circulating water before it has chance to build up and reduce the efficiency of the heating system.
Having a your heating system and boiler fitted with a MagnaClean filter will make the system more efficient. This occurs because the small magnetic filter will catch any future build up of iron oxide providing long lasting protection and better circulation throughout the radiators and central heating pipework. This in turn means the boiler will not have to work as hard to heat the house and water. Therefore the overall result is that you protect your boiler from blockages and save money on your energy bills up to 6%
Here at JDS gas services we use thermal imaging to get determine if you have any blockages on your pipe work or check how good the circulation is to your radiators.it is also used to show if your radiator has a build up of sludge, which will cause cold spots on your radiators.
