Hi
Just been flushing my system and doing a chemical clean, and only just noticed the magnetic filter is on the CH flow pipe - not the return! Which means all the **** goes through the boiler before being filtered.
In addition, there is a radiator t'd off flow and return "before" the filter so bypasses it altogether.
And the mag filter is likely to have been installed with the boiler by a Corgi plumber in 2002. May explain why the boiler eats heat exchangers. And I've been here 6 years and only just noticed. Is it a big an issue as I think to warrant a new filter on the return? (Access to the return pipe is a RPITA which maybe why its on the flow).
Or, will it be OK as is and just accept a new HE is needed every 5+ years
(Boiler is 16yo, so may be close to EOL so maybe just deal when boiler is replaced?)
Just been flushing my system and doing a chemical clean, and only just noticed the magnetic filter is on the CH flow pipe - not the return! Which means all the **** goes through the boiler before being filtered.
In addition, there is a radiator t'd off flow and return "before" the filter so bypasses it altogether.
And the mag filter is likely to have been installed with the boiler by a Corgi plumber in 2002. May explain why the boiler eats heat exchangers. And I've been here 6 years and only just noticed. Is it a big an issue as I think to warrant a new filter on the return? (Access to the return pipe is a RPITA which maybe why its on the flow).
Or, will it be OK as is and just accept a new HE is needed every 5+ years
(Boiler is 16yo, so may be close to EOL so maybe just deal when boiler is replaced?)