Originally Posted by mart360

If i recall

B&Q used to do a two part cleaner/ flusher & conditioner. about £30

you drain the hot header tank a fair way, ( i exposed the fill pipe and filled directly ) and add the cleaner. you then open the drain on an outside rad to pull the cleaner from the header tank into your HW system


heres the fun part...

you then have to run the system on full heat for one week !!!!!


(yup it was mid summer when we had to do ours!!!)


after one week, you drain the system completely, then refill adding the conditioner as you fill from the header tank. Run for a couple of hours, and thats it..



If you want to go down the flushing route, yourself, its a pita, and you run the risk of leaving sediment in your nice new HE


alternately ring a few local plumbers, remind them theres a recession on, and offer some artwork for the job




Mart