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New gas boiler - a question about the pipe cleaning

  • 11-02-2013 10:29am
    #1
    mary1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    We are thinking of getting a new gas boiler as current one is 25 years old and not working very well... my house is a 3 bedroom terraced house and has copper pipes.

    We have had 3 people out to get quotes...
    The guy from airtricity and another heating company both had said i would need to have the pipes power flushed prior to changing the boiler.
    The third person to give me a quote is a local heating and plumbing company. He had said he will not do a power flush as such, but will put the chemical cleaning product into the pipes system and leave for a week or so, and then this will get pumped around the house as we use the heating. Then he will drain the chemical out when he installs the new boiler. He says it is just as good and he doesn't use the power flushing system.

    We want to go with the 3rd guy as he seems to be professional and has a good boiler brand (Worcester) at a good price, and he is local to us.
    BUT I just wanted to check with others about the cleansing system he uses. I don't have a clue myself but since the other 2 tradesmen were so sure we needed the "powerflush" whilst the one we want to use says there is no need... I am a bit confused... What do you guys and gals think?

    Also, would you recommend getting the magnaclean type of filter? Our guy says it isn't really needed as we have copper pipes rather than the steel ones, but will install if we want one.

    Thanks a million for your opinions!


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  • #2
    MiniGolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭MiniGolf


    mary1978 wrote: »
    Hi there,

    We are thinking of getting a new gas boiler as current one is 25 years old and not working very well... my house is a 3 bedroom terraced house and has copper pipes.

    We have had 3 people out to get quotes...
    The guy from airtricity and another heating company both had said i would need to have the pipes power flushed prior to changing the boiler.
    The third person to give me a quote is a local heating and plumbing company. He had said he will not do a power flush as such, but will put the chemical cleaning product into the pipes system and leave for a week or so, and then this will get pumped around the house as we use the heating. Then he will drain the chemical out when he installs the new boiler. He says it is just as good and he doesn't use the power flushing system.

    We want to go with the 3rd guy as he seems to be professional and has a good boiler brand (Worcester) at a good price, and he is local to us.
    BUT I just wanted to check with others about the cleansing system he uses. I don't have a clue myself but since the other 2 tradesmen were so sure we needed the "powerflush" whilst the one we want to use says there is no need... I am a bit confused... What do you guys and gals think?

    Also, would you recommend getting the magnaclean type of filter? Our guy says it isn't really needed as we have copper pipes rather than the steel ones, but will install if we want one.

    Thanks a million for your opinions!

    I am A Worcester Accredited Installer (WAI) and I would tell the third guy to sling his hook!
    Another poster on another thread put it something like this:
    "If you bought a new car would you want traces of the oil, sludge and debris from your old car running around your new engine?"
    As I am a WAI I can give a 7 year parts and labour warranty on the boilers I install but ONLY if I ensure the system is clean before I fit the new boiler and they highly recommend fitting of a magnetic filter to the system. I always fit one with every new boiler.
    (Magnaclean is a brand of magnetic filter... there are others available!)

    A chemical flush like the third guy is recommending is almost a complete waste of time!! IMHO


  • #3
    dpofloinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭dpofloinn


    Forget number 3 he is talking through his hole a Power flush is most certainly a requirement especially on a 25+
    year old system, as for a magnaclean if you have the opportunity to install one I would recommend doing it


  • #4
    Dtp79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,097 ✭✭✭Dtp79


    dpofloinn wrote: »
    Forget number 3 he is talking through his hole a Power flush is most certainly a requirement especially on a 25+
    year old system, as for a magnaclean if you have the opportunity to install one I would recommend doing it
    What they said. I'd go with an independent RGI rather than those big company's though


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