sludge

Hi All! My first post here.. I need some help from someone who really understands central heating systems, pipes and radiators. New boiler installed My 20 year old Ideal Mini boiler finally failed in December with no hot water and it was leaking all over the floor. It turned out it would be...

Hello, I have been scouring the forums for help with my issue. With nothing working I thought I had better post to see what else people can come up with. We moved into a large house in the summer. It was built in 1901 with stone walls. The CH system is likly to have been installed in the late...

So I have a combi boiler and two zones, one is underfloor heating and the other goes around 9 radiators. There has been alot of black sludge blocking the heat exchanger the last few years. I am planning to get a filter on the system and I was recommended the Magnaclean Pro 2. However I dont...

Hi there, Link to Manual: https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/support/literature/download/release/6720644741/12637 Not a plumber, just an infuriated owner of the subject boiler. I had a oil to gas conversion done and this boiler installed late 2013 by what I perceived to be a competent...

Hi I'm planning to add MC5+ cleaner to the system as there is a lot of sludge & rust. My concern is that since magnaclean is fitted to flow, the boiler may end up with debris and create problems. I'm planning to drain the system in a week's time and at that point will change the pipework...

Same as thread https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/microbore.67541/ I have some of my radiators with microbore system and twin valves blocked. How to fix the problem? I thought the problem was with the system being full of sludge so i had a full flush done but that did not fix the problem...

Hi. I have a 1960s house with a combi boiler fitted in 2009. Heating working well except for one rad which won't heat adequately. Patchy heat - along the top, some at one side. No air coming out when I bleed it. Am thinking sludge. I thought I'd loosen the hex blank at the other end to see what...

Hi there, I was having some problems with my central heating system a couple of months back. One radiator started leaking and I got this replaced and then about a month later none of the radiators were heating up. I got a few people in and they all said I needed a power flush and the system was...

Been doing minor work to my Central heating system consisting of replacing one single radiator for a double one (same width and height) along with refitting a another poorly fitted radiator which brackets were loose and wonky. When I drained the radiators, small black particles came out what...

Hello everybody, I am experiencing an annoying and on-going problem with my central heating, and I was wondering if somebody could help me understanding a bit more of what's going on! A bit of background: -Type of system: Vented system, with F/E tank in the loft, combined feed and vent...

hi there, i am new to this forum and can someone please help me with an issue i am facing with my CH system? basically, i cleaned the system with X800 and left it in for a week after we had our radiators replaced with new ones about 2 months ago. i then refilled and drained the system three...