heating flush

[harrison_633]

Hi everbody

I have got to remove sludge from my heating system,but i don't know water the system holds.Has any got any idea how to work out how much water a system holds. many thanks

 

[bobbo85]

what system is it how many rads ? size of boiler ? just a combi or big f/stander combis have a 10 lire expansion vessel ,thats for a maxium of 100 litres in the system but it will have about 30 litres in

 

[bengasman]

It is not important how much water is in your system, but how much muck has to come out. And if it is loose, or set into a hard crust

 

[gas4you]

Why would you want to know the volume of your heating system just to flush it ?

 

[harrison_633]

I need to know how much x400 to put in first

 

[corgiman]

I need to know how much x400 to put in first

unless you live in a HUGE house one bottle should be fine

 

[harrison_633]

thanks for your reply i will try 1 bottle thanks for your help

 

[JohnD]

I measured mine

20 galls about 100 litres incl old iron boiler and 10 rads (half are doubles) and F&E

==> one litre is 1% which is OK

drain it and give it a plain water flush first if you can to remove loose rubbish, then the X400 can go to work loosening the hardened stuff for a couple of weeks. bale out the F&E first and sponge out loose sediment into a bucket to prevent it being washed down into the system.

I am not a plumber

 

[bobbo85]

John d , you sound like you have read up on a few things,your obviousley a diy nut as you say your not a plumber. I wonder what you are , lollipop lady,?

 

[JohnD]

don't you worry your pretty little head about that

 

[bobbo85]

I am intrested in what other lads in this job call themselves apart from there name.Job description title,plumber,gas fitter or the big one central heating engineer ,or any other.

 

[chrishutt]

I am intrested in what other lads in this job call themselves apart from there name.

Most people manage with just the one name. It's just you, bobbo85 / hi-spec / ajs / rudeboy that has three or four.