My mum has had a recommendation from a British Gas engineer to fit a Magna Booster to her central heating - which apparently removes lime scale from your central heating system and 'stops it from blocking up'. The charge for this is £250 parts and labour. She lives in SW London - the water is quite hard.
I'll second the idiot bit though.
Adam
You're right - that was another thread....
Thanks!
In message , Doctor Drivel writes
Which brochure did you lift that straight out of ?
Maxie, it was a brochure that had turned down wellies and donkey jackets in it.
Yes he is an idiot - much like yourself. I know-it-all who knows f*ck-all.
Has anyone opened up a Magna booster and found this pile of mythical sludge?
I know-it-all who knows f*ck-all.
Says it all really.
Adam
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Doctor Drivel" saying something like:
*Quality* typo.
Typo? Looks like he just had a moment of clarity!
He's now trolling uk.legal using the nym "Facts". He can't seem to understand how he gets spotted so quickly when he changes his nym.
Dimmer than a 1W CFL is Drivel.
The second one, useless gimmick.
We live on the South Downs. The water is harder than in London. THe CH system has been in place for 25 years with only a change in boiler to get a more modern unit a few years ago. There's no sludge in the pipes or radiators. I know because runs of pipework were taken to pieces for checking when the new boiler was installed.
As others have said, the water in the CH system does not get changed, hence there's no problem with limescale or sludge.
Ignore Drivel, he really is a drooling retard.
This pervo needs locking up. Tagging is too good for him.
This pervo needs locking up. Tagging is too god for him.
It is not mythical, it collects magentite on the magnet. The Magna Boost is the best, catching magnetic "sludge" and other solids. It is easy to remove the sludge, in the annual service.
If you're de-sludging annually, your inhibition needs looking at!
Does an inhibited system generate enough sludge to warrant a magnetic trap?
Is the Magna booster a reasonable trap? (seems likely enough, although massively over-priced) Is BG installation fee reasonable? (seems equally massive, IMHO).
If you're de-sludging annually, your inhibition needs looking at! (seems likely enough, although
The unit is made by Spirovent who make industrial units as well. They make quality products. £250, when unit costs say £110 is fine for a drain down and refill. That is £140 for the work which can take some time depending on the system. And you may find they put new X-100 in as well.
I know one installer who puts pressure reducing value on the system set to
1 bar and leaves it open. He puts 2 cans of X-100 and a Magana Boost. He will instructs the homeowner to empty the filter using a bucket and turning a tap until only clean water comes through. That way he has no call backs at all and the customer has a clean system. His get out is that the PRV is for fillup only and he left it on by mistake.
Magentite? A sort of purple sludge?
This pervo needs locking up. Tagging is too good for him.
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