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The price breakdown was £568 for the powerflush and if we get the magnaclean done at the same time it would be £136 (it is normally closer to £300). It's a lot of money and for peace of mind and to ensure that my current maintenance agreement with BG is not invalidated I think I'll have to...

croydoncorgi, The system is about 8 years old (the house built in 1999) and according to their records BG recommended a powerflush to the previous owners in 2000 but BG weren't asked to do the job so not sure if it was done. The water with the sludge was black and at least covered the...

JohnD, Thanks for the quick reply. We've only been in the house since November last year and have never experienced this problem before so wouldn't even have thought of checking. On the quote from BG it does state essential work and as I am not really much of a DIYer (putting up the odd shelf...

Hi, Just had British Gas round to refit a radiator that had come off the wall and while emptying it found all this black sludge. The engineer recommended a powerflush and a magnaclean filter. On checking these forums I can see that both seem to be a good idea, he quoted £704 for the job, just...