Hello,
I've recently had a load of work done extending my house, including adding underfloor heating and I have some Sentinel X100 to chuck into the vented heating system. I've taken a look at the water in the system (hose on UFH manifold into bucket) and it's slightly grey with some small flecks in it. I can clearly see the bottom of a standard size orange builder's bucket when it's full of the water. The system has been worked on (drained, refilled, not powerflushed) quite a few times over the past year, so the water's all reasonably fresh. So...
Before I go adding the X100, I'd like to flush the system - a bit. I'm assuming that if I open the drain valve so it's draining at a rate slightly slower than the F&E tank is filling, then I'll be able to leave it for an hour or so gently rinsing the system. I know it's nothing like a powerflush or anything, but is there any reason not to do this, just to rinse things out?
I'm then proposing to shut off the mains supply, drain it a bit more, then put the X100 into a towel rad - the F&E tank is a sod to get to. Then open the mains valve to let it top up...then bleed the rads.
Any thoughts, anyone?
- Paul
I've recently had a load of work done extending my house, including adding underfloor heating and I have some Sentinel X100 to chuck into the vented heating system. I've taken a look at the water in the system (hose on UFH manifold into bucket) and it's slightly grey with some small flecks in it. I can clearly see the bottom of a standard size orange builder's bucket when it's full of the water. The system has been worked on (drained, refilled, not powerflushed) quite a few times over the past year, so the water's all reasonably fresh. So...
Before I go adding the X100, I'd like to flush the system - a bit. I'm assuming that if I open the drain valve so it's draining at a rate slightly slower than the F&E tank is filling, then I'll be able to leave it for an hour or so gently rinsing the system. I know it's nothing like a powerflush or anything, but is there any reason not to do this, just to rinse things out?
I'm then proposing to shut off the mains supply, drain it a bit more, then put the X100 into a towel rad - the F&E tank is a sod to get to. Then open the mains valve to let it top up...then bleed the rads.
Any thoughts, anyone?
- Paul