A more cynical man than me might think that plumbers and manufactures have no interest in making systems last longer before failing. I can't believe that a boiler isn't better off without that black gunge clogging up the heat exchanger. When my daughter needed her system extending to include a new loft conversion I suggested a Magnaclean or Trappex but her plumber came up with all sorts of objections, which loosely translated as "I can't be arsed" and as time was pressing it didn't get done.transatlantic":2hu0hosv said:It makes you wonder why there hasn't always been some kind of filter, something fitted as standard. I mean, the concept of filters has been around for a long time?
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themackay":dl671uzo said:
It has to be better than nothing
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As I understand it, the old fashioned boilers didn't worry too much about sludge, but the new(er), supposedly greener condescending boilers have plate heat exchangers that get blocked all too easily. We have a Fernox TF1, that has certainly helped a lot to clean our sytem, although at our tennis club, a plumber took out the Fernox and replaced with Magnaclean. To be fair, he only did this because the Fernox was leaking badly around the swievl joints. Apparently it's a known thing - although ours at home is tight as a duck's pineapple.
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I just had my Magnaclean fitted by a plumber and you can hear the water trickling through it when the heating comes on? ... that can't be normal can it? .. mine is in my garage, but if this was in my house it would be very annoying.
Although since he drained it and refilled it, I can also hear water coming through the pipes in the house too, just not nearly as loud. I guess that is because there is too much air in the system? I'll trying bleeding the radiators tonight and check the pressure.
Although since he drained it and refilled it, I can also hear water coming through the pipes in the house too, just not nearly as loud. I guess that is because there is too much air in the system? I'll trying bleeding the radiators tonight and check the pressure.
transatlantic":1u4wluwb said:
Sounds like air in the system. Bleed each radiator, and don't forget the bleed valve on top of the Magnaclean itself. Sometimes if water has been severely agitated it can contain a lot of tiny bubbles that will have got in to the system during the refill, and it might take several cycles of bleeding all the rads and the Magnaclean to remove them. If you let air out you may need to add more water if you have a pressurised system.
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RogerM":281969au said:
Thanks. Yep, it is pressurised, I've done it before using the filling loop.
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If you're patient and let it run for a few days, I think you will find that the air bubbles will tend to congregate in just a couple of rads. Much easier just to vent those then run all round the house doing them all.
