HEATING SYSTEM SLUDGE REMOVAL PART 1 | Flushing & Chemical Cleaning
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2023
- Heating system sludge removal is key to getting a central heating system working better and more efficient.
Power flushes or system flushes like what I’m doing in the video removes the sludge, magnitite and debris from your heating system and allows it to work better and heat your house a lot better.
We put the Adey MagnaCleanse and the Thorough Flush units to the test back to back in the real world…. With great results.
#howto #plumbing #heating
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Link to the Adey MagnaCleanse unit-
adey.com/magnacleanse
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HI Mark,
I always think that flushing system does a fantastic job, when you can see what it’s flushing out it must be satisfying for you.
Looks like a great job, the Adey course will be very interesting, I hope they let you film part of it.
I’m looking forward to part two, as always take care, see you Monday evening, regards, Chris. 👍👍👍
Thanks as always buddy….. yer tomorrow is interesting😉
Great video mark. I’ve recently started on my own and am taking lots of tips off you every week mate.
Thanks mate….. good luck with your business mate, glad I can be of help👍🏼👍🏼
My magna cleanse kit just arrived today and i set it up for first use on Friday, this video is really helpful. 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!👍🏼👍🏼
Great video as always Mark, the water looked at bit red rusty in your test, I can't wait to see the end result
Yer it was minging mate…. Wait till you see tomorrows Part 2 😮😮
Another great video Mark can’t wait for the next one.
Thanks mate….. tomorrow is very interesting
Decent vid fells.
What I used to do was link the open vent to the cold feed with a piece of hep 2 valves on on vent & cold feed so you flush that pipework as a circuit which cleans out the vent & possible blocked cold feeds.
The orange colour is an indicator of air being drawn into the system so check the open vent & cold feed config in the airing cupboard & pump speed .
When I used to do bgas upgrades had to do power flushing before Magna cleanse were around. It was laborious & soul destroying .
Good luck on finishing it off all ok & look forward to part 2 👍
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Very satisfying job to see it clean again.
Indeed 👍🏼
That clean of the f&e tank was well satisfying 👌
Yep I know mate…. So much better
I'm hooked now ! Can't wait for part 2
6pm Monday
Nice bit of kit Mark.
Love the videos mate 👍
Thanks buddy 👍🏼👍🏼
Going on the adey course tomorrow. Looking forward to that. I did see someone on UA-cam take the pin out of the bracket to get it onto the pipes. Not sure if that is wise or not but it worked for him 👍👍
Yer I’m booked on the Adey course next week I think. Will be interesting as I have a good few questions👍🏼👍🏼
Great video once again my brother can't wait for the other part now
Thanks mate…. Yep Monday at 6
Very useful video Thanks! I'm gonna diy flush my system over summer and i already got the isolator on the tank oulet, but i was wondering about the vent, so it's useful to hear you just cap that off temporarily. Also flushing rads one by one is useful. Ta
Glad you enjoyed it mate
Hello mark great video can’t wait to see part two, on your thermal imaging camera are you able to adjust the temperature sensing range to detect a closer grouping of temperature if you get what I mean for example to show between 60 and 50 degrees as red hot then anything below that shows as darker red to blue. When I have borrowed one before that’s what the guy said to do to get a more accurate view of what spots on the rad aren’t performing quite as well as the parts that are reaching that set temperature
Yer they are fully controllable and adjustable 👌🏼👌🏼
Tend to put MC5 in the system 2 weeks in advance of a power flush. Good results 👍
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Brilliant explanation, I would like to ask is that always the way to connect magnacleanse is bottom filter in machine going to the bottom of the actual filter and top to the top.
Thanks alot
Indeed it is mate 👍🏼👍🏼
Enjoyed the content. Thanks😁
Thanks buddy👍🏼👍🏼
Great video Mark. Many’s a job I’ve went out too and cleaned the F&E tank cos the dirt of them was atrocious and I’ve seen me making a lid from 1/4 inch ply just to keep them right. Your wet vac beats emptying into a bucket by hand and then coming down out of the loft to empty said bucket into toilet up and down like a yo yo lol. Great video mate. Where did you get your infra red heat detector for the rads it’s a great job that?
Thanks buddy…
The camera is a HimMicro Pocket 2 👍🏼👍🏼
I don't fit boilers. Only service & repair. Just an easier life. Great video mate
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I’ve got to be honest, the state of that header tank before and after had me thinking you’re in the wrong job. MJ Tiff cleaning and scrubbing 😂
Hahaha satisfying wasn’t it
Great video man. How much would a system clean costs on a typical 2-4 rads system?
Thanks buddy 👍🏼👍🏼
My system cleans start from £400 for an 8 rad combo system…..
Great video as always Mark! Can a gravity fed system be flushed with the Magnaclense? I’m seriously considering buying one
Any system can be flushed with a magnaclense. We brought one a few months ago and we love it. Also customers like it.
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Do you use that folding bucket when changing 3 ports in airing cupboards? I currently use rubble sacks to catch water then bunging but really like the look of that folding bucket. What you think mate?
For £12 it’s worth giving it a go mate, looks more professional than a bin bag aswell😉
@@MJTiffPlumbing haha that it does mate, will give it a go, cheers mate
Evening Mark, be interesting to see tomorrow's result with those magnets after the state they're in so far. You planning on replacing the filter too? Have to admit I hate those plastic threads on the magnaclean! Seen a few of them strip threads over the years. One lad I work with tried to undo the magnet and it snapped off!
The plastic threads onto the isolation valves I mean. Not the magnet itself
This one was in pretty good order, I did have a new one with me however the new ones are directly inline and these ones are slightly set apart so it’s been piped up to suit that…. Would of been a pain and the old one was in good order to be fair👌🏼
Tomorrows results are interesting…..
What size cam locks do you need to attach the magnacleanse? Thanks
3/4 buddy👍🏼👍🏼
Nice one mate. I think you should break your videos down into 2-3 parts for a longer viewing experience. I'd watch this for an hour long, but I know the constraints, or that viewers would not want to see it for that time. God knows where you get the time to do it anyway as you are, top fella, keep them coming.
Thanks mate… appreciate that.
I know some like the shorter ones, some the longer ones……. This would of been around 45mins so thought I would try a “2 night special” and see how it’s received🤣👍🏼👍🏼
Hi, do you think those big powerflushing machine worth around 1500£ can do better than this one on small systems, I mean those ones that claim to do up to 3 floors and 100s of rads? What's your opinion about
Never used one so can’t really say, this way works very well imho…..especially after part 2
QUESTION: How do municipalities vent their sewer lines?
is that MC5 only for the MagnaCleanse or can you use that instead of mc3 with a magnaclean? also I've agitated all the rads and some still have cold spots, i take it next step is replace radiator?
MC5 can be used in any system your flushed buddy
Hi Mark do you find that an open vent system gets dirtier than a sealed system
Usually mate as the tanks often sit stagnant and get stuff in them if not sealed up….🫣
Knock the pin out the middle off the adapter mate and separate it ca get it in alot better then
I tried that and the thing wouldn’t budge!!!….. I thought I had done it before as well.
You’ve confirmed to me I had and it can be done🤣
Good to see Jack G back with you 😂
Hahaha….. yep between games he has to do a bit to make ends meet🤣😉
Damn gotta wait for part 2 now!
Looked like the customer was planning to throw a party to celebrate the flush being done! 😂
Quick question if you don't mind, what size grips/adjustables do you prefer for day to day stuff. I'm in the market for a decent set as the college ones are crap, but dunno what length is best to buy.
Only 24hours to wait mate😉😉
12/14/16” for the win mate👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks bigger than I was looking at I was only looking at an 8" bahco and 10" grips
Depends on what work you do, and how big your hands are….. try them out👍🏼👍🏼
@@tirvplumbing You will need those sizes. As said. Depends on what work you do. Do not underestimate the price too. Poor tools will cost you. The best ones, not expensive, will last you a lifetime. Bahco, Knipex. Sometimes you'll go to a job that someone has left their best pair! hahah keep them.
@@MJTiffPlumbing thanks Mark planning on domestic mainly at the moment but you never know where the road will lead you.
Why wouldn't the original filter do that job Mark?
The inline original filter is less aggressive and a lot smaller than the Magnacleanse system….
It’s a secondary device to keep the system in check
That was a filthy system, can't wait to see the end result.
Yer it wasn’t great was it
i thought a system boiler was when its sealed system not open vented else it wouold be called heat only
Yer it’s just a heat only boiler👍🏼👍🏼
2 videos a day apart. Spoiling us 👏🏼
I know 🤣🤣
Don’t want this to come across as a DHC Mark, but why didn’t you pre dose the system and then go back and use your thoroughflush to flush out? I know even an 8-10 rad system can take a couple of days to flush properly, if it’s heavily contaminated, but didn’t really understand why you spent a day with the magnacleanse
No mate, I don’t see it as a DHC, I appreciate a proper question and view buddy👍🏼👍🏼
That’s why I put the MC5 rapid flush in first, as that’s a few hours of more powerful flush, then the MC3 overnight…… then part 2 is the thoroughflush.
You can’t just put chemicals in and that’s it…. You need to agitate the rads during the process as shown👍🏼
Plus I always like to be about when flushing for a day for safety👍🏼
I know that mate. Flush wise I will pre dose the system with cleanser and let it circulate for at least a week, before going back and then flushing. I suppose it’s the way I’ve been taught from years gone by, but always intrigued as to how others do it.
Personally, I find the longer I can keep cleaner in, prior to flushing, the better the results 👍🏻
Yep I here you mate, we all do stuff differently and get the same end goal👍🏼👍🏼…. You will see in Part 2 the results
Good man, if your at installer on the snug stand again this year, put a couple of them pink ducks to one side for me, the kids love them 😂
I will be on the Wednesday mate…. Come and say hello, I will grab you a few😉👌🏼
How comes you don’t just seal the system? I.E do away with the header tank?
If the customer wanted a sealed system I would do, they would need a pressure vessel and PRV etc as well obviously
@@MJTiffPlumbing perhaps part of the reason it’s so dirty is because it’s open vented?
Yep always seem open vented system are very brown and rusty, possible due to the air getting in
buckets are £6.99 on ebay & they are 20 litres have a look bought 2
20litre ones I find just too big to be honest… I find the 12L spot on
bigger is better as they say lol
So I’m told 🤣🤣
I dont test the water quality from the filter , it can give u a false reading
Whatever water was tested on this system you can see it needed flushing 🤣🤣
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Yes mate….. you ok pal
@@MJTiffPlumbing All good Buddy thank you hope you folks are doing great 🤘😎🤘
I found a dead blackbird in a header tank in Guildford last year. That was disgusting.
Yep you find all sorts🤢
It’s a weird place to croak for a bird. Normally you expect a mouse. Suffice to say I was heaving. Proper grimbo I tell thee.
It’s a weird place to croak for a bird. Normally you expect a mouse. Suffice to say I was heaving. Proper grimbo I tell thee.
It’s a weird place to croak for a bird. Normally you expect a mouse. Suffice to say I was heaving. Proper grimbo I tell thee.
It’s a weird place to croak for a bird. Normally you expect a mouse. Suffice to say I was heaving. Proper grimbo I tell thee.
Those maganclean threads are horrid
1st view
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in my opinion, them adey pro checks are pointless.
How come out of interest?
How would you know that all the chemicals have been flushed out the system??
@M J Tiff Plumbing you don't with them tabs only checks for certain chemical and not all cleaners use that specific chemical in them. So you could be double dosing and causing chemical reactions to having a different brand of inhibitors in. I've known them to say that there isn't any inhibitor in when i know there is. Just a different manufacturer.
We should be using proper water quality testing kits.
To be honest I’m pushing more to zero inhibitors in systems when I can as they do in Europe.
Don’t get why people leave DHCs. Must have a very sad life to go to that effort 🤷🏼♂️
Completely agree mate…. There’s been a few recently for some reason🤷🏼♂️
@@MJTiffPlumbing best thing to do is just ignore them mate and keep up the good work 👍🏼
Yer…. Some of them really get under your skin though🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I hope the customer doesn't see you emptied the heating water down their sink 😬😁
Why’s that then buddy….. 🙄
I guess you think a chemical system should be emptied onto the ground🤣🤣
He was fine with it as well….. in fact he was interested in what was coming out…
@@MJTiffPlumbing it should be emptied down the drain outside clearly . Maybe you will learn the dangers of the chemicals when you go on the course. People prepare food where you poured highly toxic chemicals, shocking really
Not in the utility they don’t fella…….🙄
And guess where the drain goes…. That’s right, outside into the external drain…
Thanks for watching…..as it’s so “shocking” I’m sure you won’t be watching anymore of my videos….. 👍🏼👍🏼
@@MJTiffPlumbing lol maybe you don't prepare food at home but many or most do . So you undthe danger of the chemicals yet believe there's more danger from these chemicals escaping out into the fresh air into the extractor fan and causing harm in the house than escaping into the air in the utility room, not to mention the remaining chemicals left on the surface of the sink ? 🤔🤔
@@MJTiffPlumbing sorry didn't read it correctly I thought you said extractor fan instead of external drain . But do you honestly believe it's good practice to do what you did ? Highly dangerous practice I hope the course is soon 🙏 😉😉
Doesn't even show part 2, what a waste of time. Tried looking for it on his page, nothing. Atleast add a link in the heading. Wasted my time trying to find it by scrolling forever.
Use you eyes mate….. it’s not hard… it’s the next video..🤣🤦🏻♂️🙄🙄
Some people really are unbelievable
Next video is a random video, nothing to do with part 1 or your channel. Instead of being rude you should be more helpful. Some people jeeez
Says the guy being rude🤣🤦🏻♂️…….
It’s the following video on my channel mate….. I’ve just checked🤣
Some people eh🙄