Power Flushing

What is Power Flushing?
Power flushing is a process whereby heating systems are forcibly cleansed using water at high velocity, but low pressure, so that no physical damage is caused to the system. The process can be made even more effective with the addition of powerful cleansing and mobilising agents.

Why have a Power Flush?
The objective is to restore systems with circulation and boiler noise problems (caused by sludge and corrosion deposits) to optimum operation. Power flushing removes these deposits and the problems that they cause.

How does a Power Flush work?
The power flushing pump is simply connected into the heating system, either across the standard circulator pump couplings, across the tails of one radiator, or wherever most practicable. Power flushing is a highly effective cleansing operation which works by pumping water at a much higher velocity than usual through the heating system, to loosen and mobilise harmfull corrosion deposits, and to suspend them in rapidly moving water.

The process is made more effective by the addition of specialist cleaning chemicals to the system up to a fortnight before power flushing. Once loosened, the unwanted debris are passed through a magnetic filtration system, which picks up iron oxide (rust) and removes it from the system. Other unwanted debris are purged from the system with clean water.

At the end of the flushing process, the system contains fresh clean water and corrosion inhibitors are added.Reinstatement of the system to normal operation takes only a few minutes. During the power flushing process, radiators are individually flushed, without removing or diconnecting them from the system, by directing the full output of the pump through each radiator separately. Power flushing is not a high pressure operation, and is suitable for most domestic wet central heating systems. It is carried out with minimal disturbance and disruption to the normal operation of the system.

Why choose Apex Plumbing & Heating for your Power Flush?

As a quality company, Apex Plumbing & Heating guarantee that a Power Flush will be carried out properly and thoroughly.

What does this mean?
A Power Flush Machine will not cleanse a heating system on it's own! The machine is an expensive and specialised piece of equipment, but it does need to be used properly which involves human intervention. You cannot simply connect up the machine and come back several hours later expecting the system to be cleansed! If it is done this way, you will probably see a temporary improvement as the debris is moved around this is done the the machine for a few hours and charge for a Power Flush.a Power Flush will thoroughly cleanse a heating system and restore its efficiency. The Power Flushing process cannot be done by simply connecting a Power Flush machine and and system. If not carried out properly, The purpose of a Power Flush is to cleanse the the heating system by mobilising the harmful corrosion deposits and flushing them out. By simply connecting a Power Flush machine rough mobilising the Firstly, Apex Plumbing & Heating is a quality company that only provides a quality service.