Radiators flushed

[siousxiesue]

Does anyone get this done as a matter of course before winter arrives?

Don't think I ever have but my brother reported his radiators to be super hot afterwards, and I'm forward planning for the coming cold! Also how much can it be, and is it disruptive?

[rendelharris]

If your rads are cold at the bottom and middle and warm on top, it's worth having done, if not it doesn't need doing. Depending on size of house it should cost about ?400 - a power flush involves minimal disruption. On no account try to do it yourself, I did it once and it took me two days, much grief and they still weren't right afterwards!

[siousxiesue]

They're not cold anywhere, I just want to maximise the heat output

[KidKruger]

I've done this myself at home on various systems, but only when there's been good reason. Personally, when everything's working and no symptoms of faults, I just leave it to do it's thing.

[flocker spotter]

it is usual to get an inhibitor eg fernox or analogues with a system - it cuts out the rustingi & the sludge electrolyte accumulation. A flush should not be a regular requirement in a decent system though - despite what some may tell you - if you think the system is good, then adding the fernox is enough to keep it ticking over

[KidKruger]

you can also get magnet-type attachments which when added to the system will capture rust debris as it circulates and remove it from the circuit.

[malumbu]

Radiator off the wall, hose to a cold water mains tap, Bob's your uncle. Careful in transporting the radiators in the house as the black iron oxide is a pig to get off carpets. Pretty simple but as others point out some inhibitor stops this happening. Man (lady) up East Dulwich. Buy the Readers Digest DIY manual and/or go on a home maintenance DIY course at night school.

[Sue]

malumbu Wrote:

------------------------------------------- Buy the

> Readers Digest DIY manual and/or go on a home

> maintenance DIY course at night school.

That would not end well Chez Sue :)) :)) :))

[malumbu]

Cool. The Readers Digest Manuel sound like it is out of another age, something your dad or grandad would have used. But bally hell it covers everything (well perhaps in a non-digital age)