We've been powerflushed - but can you plse answer this?

[WillsNana]

Great isn't it. It's our third boiler. When we had the last one installed we asked for the spaghetti junction to be sorted out and that's what they did.

And swore to me they put in more additive after they finally got it to work.. and that was not the case!

 

[gas_man_gaz]

does it pump over all the time or wen its just on hot water or heating? ya pipe-work looks **** poor and its quite awkward to figure out how it is configured from the pics.
what boiler ya got? ya could just convert it to a sealed sys if everything else looks ok

 

[mickyg]

tbh I would wanna rip the whole lot out and start again. The horrendous soldering would suggest whoever did it was very inexperienced or plain useless. If I was to be asked to powerflush this system I'd probably suggest the money would be better spent sorting the pipework, cutting out any blockages and then go from there. Its impossible to work out the open vent and cold feed arrangement from the pictures but I would guarantee that its wrong, therefore even if well powerflushed problems would return.

 

[mickyg]

what boiler ya got?

its a micron mate, can't ya tell

 

[gas_man_gaz]

what boiler ya got?

its a micron mate, can't ya tell

oh yeah
id worked out it was a glowworm but thought it looked bigger than a micron.

think it comes down to how much ya wanna spend n if ya want to do it right or just get it working? quick fix is to convert to sealed

 

[Happyplumber]

I totally agree with micky,a system in that state should have had the pipe work corrected thats looks like proper lash up

I am not 100% sure about converting it to sealed system you never know what condition the pipework is in and will it stand up to 3 Bar of pressure

I Would advise getting an experienced plumber or heating engineer in who understands how coventional heating system works and ask them for some advice and suggest they find and cut out the blockages.

 

[tamz]

I Would advise getting an experienced plumber or heating engineer in who understands how coventional heating system works and ask them for some advice

Not so easy to find these days. Too many CC's. We are still there if you know where to look

 

[WillsNana]

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• WillsNana
• 17 May 2010
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yellow arrow shows pipe to open vent and the blue, the feed and expansion. The pipework goes round to the right and under the floor to the pump and then splits into two for the water and heating.