Hi all,
I hope you can provide me with some advice please !
We have encoutered sludge in our system ever since we moved into the property in 2005. It was built in 2000, so is relatively new. We are currently running on a standard boiler (not combi etc)
I have had 7/8 different plumbers come out and try different things, from flushing out the system, powerflushing, adding sludge remover etc, but the sludge keeps returning. One plumber actually removed most rads and flushed them out with a hosepipe and also the small tank in our loft (which was full of sludge too), though again this has not solved our problem.
Another plumber suggested that we require an immersion pipe (?), but then found out from colleagues that this wasn't the case.
We are certainly getting oxygen into the system somewhere, hence the sludge.
All plumbers have suggested that the only certain remedy would be to have a closed system fitted, or in other words a combi boiler.
Is this the only solution, as our current boiler itself is fine and I don't really want to replace it? Also, what if the sludge reappeared in the new system (if this is possible)?
Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated, as I am at the end of my teather !!
Many thanks
Red
I hope you can provide me with some advice please !
We have encoutered sludge in our system ever since we moved into the property in 2005. It was built in 2000, so is relatively new. We are currently running on a standard boiler (not combi etc)
I have had 7/8 different plumbers come out and try different things, from flushing out the system, powerflushing, adding sludge remover etc, but the sludge keeps returning. One plumber actually removed most rads and flushed them out with a hosepipe and also the small tank in our loft (which was full of sludge too), though again this has not solved our problem.
Another plumber suggested that we require an immersion pipe (?), but then found out from colleagues that this wasn't the case.
We are certainly getting oxygen into the system somewhere, hence the sludge.
All plumbers have suggested that the only certain remedy would be to have a closed system fitted, or in other words a combi boiler.
Is this the only solution, as our current boiler itself is fine and I don't really want to replace it? Also, what if the sludge reappeared in the new system (if this is possible)?
Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated, as I am at the end of my teather !!
Many thanks
Red