A plumber's choice for a robust, waterproof material and essential for cleaning in wet and dry conditions. When I did this I could see that the 2nd floor system had been added at a later date from the rest of the house as the main pipe runs were all copper and the 2nd floor was all plastic.

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Thanks KIAB - I have recently installed a magnetic filter so I'm hoping this will pick up lots of the sludge. I desperately didn't want to re-pipe because I would need to chisel out OR run the pipes external to the wall but accept that it would be relatively easy (if external). A plumber’s choice for a robust, waterproof material are essential for cleaning in wet and dry conditions.The blockage has defo cleared so it's now just a case of hoping the 'kettling' subsides given the clearner that's in the system I've used Sentinel before but this time it's Corgi (that's what Toolstation supply). High-performance and a long-lasting alternative to traditional sandpapers that are usually non-splintering and non-rusting. I then connected a hose to these plastic pipes and tried to blast flow through (from an external tap - starting at low flow and slowly increasing to max flow). I then re-connected the hose from the external tap to the pipe and turned it on (slowly increasing the flow). g. balancing the system, bleeding the system, trying to force flow to the cold rads by closing every warm rad, uprating the central heating pump, flushing the affected rads, checking the rad valves were functioning properly.

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What I noticed was that if I turned the thermastat down on my boiler it didn't 'kettle', so it only seemd to happen at higher temperatures. This Small brush with steel bristles perfectly designed for cleaning internal copper fittings and pipes. If I need to get a new heat exchanger or boiler I'll powerflush BEFORE doing so as I don't want to risk blocking a new one. These plastic pipes had also been laid to create a natural low spot (which I think is significant as it acts as a settling point for sludge when the water isn't circulating). Steel wool either in a pack of 3 by Rothenberger in a medium grade and a single large roll of Medium grade steel wool.I then cut out a section of plastic pipe on the feed (hot) side underneath the 1st floor floorboards, and I could see the pipe was ENCRUSTED with sludge build up. I'm currently in the process of ramping up the thermastat slowly (over the next few days I'll get to max) so we'll see how we get on.

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After cutting out a section of pipe on the 2nd floor I could isolate a length of pipe approx 3m long, buried in the wall, that must have been blocked (i. Pipe Cleaning includes items and accessories are an essential item for use in plumbing for cleaning pipes. Some products may be delivered straight to your door from one of our suppliers and these products will be labelled within the product description.If incorrect pipe only suitable for hot and cold water, then they will block solid due to ingress of air through pipe walls. PS - the reason rads occassionally got lukewarm was because of natural convection within the system.