milesjamie
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No, I don't mean toilets. I mean radiator sludge.
I'm the new owner of some old huge cast-iron radiators (and the house that goes with it). I imagine that these radiators haven't been cleaned in some time. I'm thinking that before I put in a new mod/cons boiler that a cleaning may be appropriate.
The brits seem to have the concept of the "powerflush" with powerflushing machines:
http://britishgas.home-maintenance.info/heating/radiator-sludge/
(FWIW, my system looks exactly as pictured, though I'll have to wait for my "mr. cheapies" infrared thermometer to arrive to get an accurate idea of temperature distribution.) I'm having a lot of trouble finding information on the web about this idea in the United States. Googling powerflush or similar terms gets me a lot of info on british heating, american cars, and water efficient toilets. I can't imagine that it is *that* rare a concept in the Northeast, with all the old steam-to-forced-hot-water conversions like mine.
So do you guys and gals powerflush, and if so, what do you call it?
I'm the new owner of some old huge cast-iron radiators (and the house that goes with it). I imagine that these radiators haven't been cleaned in some time. I'm thinking that before I put in a new mod/cons boiler that a cleaning may be appropriate.
The brits seem to have the concept of the "powerflush" with powerflushing machines:
http://britishgas.home-maintenance.info/heating/radiator-sludge/
(FWIW, my system looks exactly as pictured, though I'll have to wait for my "mr. cheapies" infrared thermometer to arrive to get an accurate idea of temperature distribution.) I'm having a lot of trouble finding information on the web about this idea in the United States. Googling powerflush or similar terms gets me a lot of info on british heating, american cars, and water efficient toilets. I can't imagine that it is *that* rare a concept in the Northeast, with all the old steam-to-forced-hot-water conversions like mine.
So do you guys and gals powerflush, and if so, what do you call it?
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