I am wanting to buy my own powerflush machine as it is getting harder to hire one when needed. Which one do you guys have? I am looking also at the Adey magna cleanse system (I have been on their training course at Worcester). Before taking the plunge I wanted to ask what is used the most.
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What powerflush machine do you use?
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Magnacleanse is a no brainer. I don't know cost of those now but I bought one years ago and rate it!
Kamco is the machine I use. Again 25-30 year ago. Still going strong so I would buy another without thinking about it.
It was around £650 at the time. I use them both together in most cases.
Kamco is the machine I use. Again 25-30 year ago. Still going strong so I would buy another without thinking about it.
It was around £650 at the time. I use them both together in most cases.
Thank you for your reply. Yes the magna cleanse does look good and I enjoyed the course. It is substantial cheaper than the powerflush machines and are easier to use.
The thing I can't get my head around though is that if you are replacing a boiler that is not working you can only use the magna cleanse after the install of the new boiler and therefore are moving all the bad stuff in the rads etc through the new boiler? Is that okay?
The thing I can't get my head around though is that if you are replacing a boiler that is not working you can only use the magna cleanse after the install of the new boiler and therefore are moving all the bad stuff in the rads etc through the new boiler? Is that okay?
Don't you need the flow and return pumped / heated by the boiler to make the magna cleanse unit work? It uses the boiler on the system?
You can use the magnacleanse on a system with an external pump and let it run through that in place of the boiler. If is is an internal pump you would need a flushing machine when bypassing the boiler. I personally wouldn't run heavily soiled water through a new boiler, especially not a combi. Hope that answers it?
It does and thank you. Using the magna cleanse through a new boiler just seems wrong. If you have a powerflush machine which one do you have?
It is a CF30 Kamco Clearflow.
I would guess it is holding around 20 Litres when in use? Maybe upto 30 full to brim.
This is it.
It has been plenty big enough, powerful enough, easy to use and as I said I have had it a very long time and it is still going strong and more than paid for itself countless times by now. It paid for itself in the first year.
It has been used on all sizes of domestic property with no issues.
If it failed and I needed to replace it I would buy the closest thing. If that is the cf40 then fine but this is plenty big enough.
If you're doing the 'for another couple of hundred I can have wheels' routine in your head, I have never needed them. It doesn't move when in use (or at least I have never moved it) and when it is empty it weights something and nothing.
Thank you for this Last Plumber. Appreciate it. The CF40 is the comparable newer version of the CF30 and I think that is what I will go for. I am going to go to Kamco and have a go on their training course next month before taking the plunge. The one thing that puts me off the larger machine and also the Fernox machine is that they are very bulky and heavy even when empty and I find a paid to move around.
With your CF30 did you find it okay on microbore and also UFH?
With your CF30 did you find it okay on microbore and also UFH?
Yes. I have used it on some light commercial work down to small domestic. It does the job.
No need for big bulky machines or wheels etc. You need to store it somewhere obvs and it is easy to move about. That in series with magnacleanse is as good as it gets in my opinion. If things are that heavily soiled it is back to the old fashioned, take the rads outside and wash them out. Great days!
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