So am I, which is why I frequently make it clear that I am using anecdotal material from personal experience.
I have not rubbished power flushing. I have presented an alternative solution on a number of occasions, which is effective and has a much lower cost.
I have used one.
Yes thank you.
I have not said that genuine heating engineers are ripping people off, but have certainly singled out BG on occasions because I do not consider that the typical £800 that they charge is good value for money.
I would also point out that this is a DIY news group and that it is perfectly reasonable to present a DIY approach to an issue that has a lower cost than commercial power flushing and is perfectly effective.
If you searched back through Google Groups, you would find a completely detailed set of information on my approach. It includes hot flushing with a flushing agent for a period of time as part of the procedure.
Again, if you bothered to read the procedure, you would realise that it involves flushing both ways at each radiator.
I wondered when we would get to that.
So in short you are making a posting from the perspective of having a commercial vested interest
This is a DIY group, not a referral service for commercial operators. If you want to do that, I suggest that you advertise in Yellow Pages.
I wouldn't dream of it, but I wasn't born yesterday or the day before and wouldn't add my name to the list of mugs who are ripped off by cowboy operators offering power flushing when it is completely unnecessary.
I have used one of these machines, according to the manufacturer's instructions. I was then able to remove more material from the system using my method. Not that that was any great surprise.
I should add that this was in a system which had been maintained with corrosion inhibitor religiously according to the manufacturer's instructions.
I have not said that power flushing is necessarily bad as a technique, but that it is not good value for money (certainly at BG prices), and there are equally effective if not better DIY approaches.
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