Your Power Flushing Myths Busted

Every central heating system, whether it is old or new needs power flushing for one very simple and common reason. After a long time, a build-up of sludge starts to form inside the system which causes blockages in the tubes and hence it makes the system work harder and slow in order to warm up the water. Because of this, people face high electricity bills that directly impact on their budget. So the main and simple reason for using power flushing is to provide faster and more efficiency to your boiler so that you can save your time and money.

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The power flushing method also makes your boiler worthwhile, build-up of limescale is more deleterious to your boiler than you think. With the increased time, the residue accumulates and creates damage to the heat exchanger which can slow down the boiler and reduces the amount of heat it generates, necessarily causing the boiler to pack up. There are some ways that help you to identify some of the misconceptions about the power flushing method and how this could benefit you.

Power flushing will cause leaks in my heating system?

It is improbable because most power flush units are designed hence the maximum pressure is less. The use of a high flow rate makes power flushing effective. Some of the power flushing systems have radiators with limited deep corrosion holes, the use of only a scab of corrosion preventing the system liquid from dripping out. The exceptional stage of corrosion needed for such a condition indicates that the leak would occur imminently even without applying a power flush method.

You can’t power flush microbore systems

This is a completely wrong statement because most microbore systems can be power flushed, but it will take extra time as compare to usual flush. There are some strict conditions when power flushing your microbore system. Firstly, you need to heat up the boiler and check the current state and heat result of every radiator individually. Power flushing is a beneficial method as it will be more effective and homeowners will get great heat results. Many microbore systems are available with 8 or 10mm tubing which sometimes can create problems with the build-up of heavy sludge in the sharp bends in the tube. So, professionals always pre-process these systems with the flushing chemical to ease up and deploy the corrosion debris as much as it can be done before the power flush.

The pressure from a power flushing pump will damage the boiler

The pressure from the power flushing pump will never break your boiler because the highest pressure of a power flushing pump will never exceed more than 2 reefs, and hence it would not be over-pressurised and affect the inner workings of your boiler.

You can’t fire a combination boiler to heat the water during a power flush

In many occurrences, you can heat your boiler during the power flush process, but you have to keep one thing in your mind that the combi boilers require at least 0.5 reef water pressure before it will heat up. Also, non-firing is normally related to an obvious lack of strength.

A magnetic filter will do the same job

The choice of a permanent filter is a wise decision because it can remove debris from the water flowing through it, and also prevent system breakdowns. Most permanent filters are designed with a limited capacity. Debris is various systems that would profuse their capacity. A power flushing pump will be more effective rather than depending on the usual circulator pump to remove corrosion debris.

Anyone can carry out a power flush

To perform a power flushing job and carry out the process accurately, plumbing engineers would require special training. In this special training session, they need to learn about what not to do when performing power flushing as well as they must know the tips to provide the most effective service.

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At LJB Heating & Plumbing LTD, we prefer the state of the advanced equipment hence our professionals can provide an effective power flush work to get your system back to work as before. We have highly qualified engineers to provide power flushing work.