Signs That Your Heating System May Need a Power flush
- Radiators are slow to heat
- When bleeding radiators, the water is dirty
- Cold spots to the touch found on radiators
- Rooms not feeling as warm as expected
- Noisy Central heating pump
What does a power flush do?
A power flush removes sludge, limescale, and rust that has accumulated inside the pipework, radiators, and central heating boiler elements. After a power flush your radiators will feel hotter and work better as the hot water inside them can cleaning touch the metal and is not insulated by a layer of sludge and grime.
Your heating system might be clogged if your hot water or wall radiators takes a long time to heat up or if the temperature in your home never feels quite hot enough. This is problem is generally found in an old boiler and heating system of 7 – 10 years installed.
How long does a power flush take?
A lot of our Power flushes need a full day, which lasts about eight hours. The reason for this is that we mix and circulate multiple batches of cleaning fluid through your heating system. We repeat the process until the cleaning fluid stays clean after circulating through the heating system. This indicates all sludge, grime and limescale has been successfully removed. It also depends on the size your home, how many radiators you have, and how dirty or clogged up your present heating system is. Our heating engineers will keep you update on progress throughout the process.
