Central Heating flushing.

[Mark]

What product should I use for flushing out a central heating system.

mark

[The Natural Philosopher]

Hydrogen dioxide is pretty good.

[Nick]

H02?

[geoff]

Sounds a bit ionically challenged to me

Did you mean H2O ?

[Bob Eager]

Dihydrogen monoxide is easier to find.

[clot]

Don't know that stuff, but- dihydrogen monoxide is lethal stuff. Just leave it to the experts.

[The Natural Philosopher]

"Time for bed", said Zebedee

BOING...

[Bob Smith]

Sounds a bit dangerous to me:

[Bob Eager]

remember it offhand.

I've wound a few 'serious' people up with that...

[clot]

It's a fun site. :)

[Steve Firth]

It's safer to use hydrogen hydroxide.

[Mike P]

.. >In message , Nick .. > writes .. >>The Natural Philosopher wrote: .. >>> Mark wrote: .. >>>> What product should I use for flushing out a central heating system. .. >>>>

.. >>>> mark .. >>>>

.. >>> Hydrogen dioxide is pretty good. .. >>H02? .. >

.. >Sounds a bit ionically challenged to me .. >

.. >Did you mean H2O ?

HO2 is best for back flushing ;-)

Mike P

[Mark]

Thanks for the replies. I'll get some of that stuff. I'll probably dilute it to make it go further.

mark

[Derek Geldard]

Only if it's "Pure".

SWMBO just went out and left QVC on the television, what a revelation.

Some stupid bint on there selling cosmetics saying this 'ere stuff for dry skin contains oil of cucmber seeds, bergamot, shea butter, aloe vera, rose and geranium. USW, USW, USW.

Goes on to say

"There is no water in this product because water isn't pure.

Erm, well, it's not organic.

Erm, err, the water in it comes from the plants ...

QVC Price £37.02 ( for 320 ml.) UK P&P £3.95 Buy more and save on P&P Available in 3 Easy Payments £12.34 plus P&P

They are selling "Organic" water on credit , eat your heart out folks, it's all sold out.

We are all in the wrong game.

Back to the topic, obviously the "best" stuff to flush your central heating radiators with is "Organic" water cold pressed from Cucumber seeds. ;-)

DG

[Andy Hall]

More slightly seriously because we should all feel guilty.... (well not really)

If you want something to flush around the system to remove light contamination then Fernox and Sentinel have good products that are added and the system run hot for a period of time.

Don't expect them to deal with badly sludged radiators because they won't. For that, the DIY solutions are to go out and rent a power flusher or to use my patented method of removing radiators and flushing them outside the house.

Once clean, of course you'll add some decent inhibitor from one of the two manufacturers mentioned above and not the Aldi special one, won't you :-)

[Nick]

Is a power flusher necessary or is it ok to take the radiator off and just squirt a hose through it.

[John]

Just cleaning the radiators doesn't deal with crud that may have accumulated in the pipes or in the manifold - this is the problem I am experiencing. A couple of piles give a very poor flow despite Fernox Restorer and mains water backflush.

[Owain]

And if it does nothing for your skin you can sprinkle it over your salad.

Still cheaper than inkjet ink though.

Owain

[geoff]

In message , Bob Eager writes

... 20 years ago

[Bob Eager]

Well, for 20 years!