Power Flushing

[Leoki]

Good Morning

What is the view on investing in a good quality power flushing kit and then advertising locally for this service. I am aware having had British Gas in my own home that such a process would improve the quality of my heating but i do not want to pay their prices. It has occured to me that i might need to spend some money but long term i could provide a service that did not break the bank for people who required the service.

I would like to make clear that i do not see this as a cash cow but a simple way of earning some money without ripping people off.

 

[GreenArmy]

Leoki, are you a plumber/heating/gas engineer? If so then it could well be worth your while. If not i wouldn't if i were you as you could well get into situations that you don't understand or have the tools and knowledge to overcome.

 

[Bernie2]

Yes! If you know the job.
It seems a good market opportunity.
The price asked for these power flush seem to be way out of proportion to what they should cost.

 

[glasgow guy]

already know of a older plumber at retirement age whos started doing this as he found employment at his age hard to come by,good luck too you

 

[derrybongo]

Hi all
Any engineers in here from Scotland who do power flushing ?
just wondering if theres much call up North as the water up here isnt so hard

 

[stevetheplumber]

Hi all
Any engineers in here from Scotland who do power flushing ?
just wondering if theres much call up North as the water up here isnt so hard

not realy a hard water problem any open vented system corrodes and to some degree so do sealeds
personally i think theres enough powerflushers out there alreadyso costs are plummeting and old gungey systems are going to get fewwer and fewwer over the years

 

[Graham123]

Leoki, are you a plumber/heating/gas engineer? If so then it could well be worth your while. If not i wouldn't if i were you as you could well get into situations that you don't understand or have the tools and knowledge to overcome.

Good advice, also how much would you charge for your service?


Dont think that just because you have bought a cheap power flush unit off ebay that it will bring you a living, competition is fierce and while BG might be quoting £600-£800 for a power flush, that pricing it at at half that price will land you the job either.....There are power flushes being carried out nowadays for peanuts! £250 all in, (or even less) so my humble advice is do so research first, altough judging by the date of the original post...this post may not be relevent now

 

[RoryD]

Good advice, also how much would you charge for your service?


Dont think that just because you have bought a cheap power flush unit off ebay that it will bring you a living, competition is fierce and while BG might be quoting £600-£800 for a power flush, that pricing it at at half that price will land you the job either.....There are power flushes being carried out nowadays for peanuts! £250 all in, (or even less) so my humble advice is do so research first, altough judging by the date of the original post...this post may not be relevent now

Gra ur bang on there. As a slave to BG (glad for the work) I've been to customers 18 months after 3rd party flushes and they're completely full of it. Our prices are high, but the system is guaranteed for life. If the job is done poorly it is reflushed when checked annually. Not too bad a deal although it is a lotta dough. I'm not sure if people predose the system for a few weeks or bother to cut out and replace bunged up areas. Do you bother with powerflushing out there in the self employed world?

 

[Dannypipe]

Well I'm self employed and I'm looking for a cheap powerflusher. At the moment I just flush with chemicals, which satisfys building regs. I do intend to buy the machine and offer the option in future.

I have no idea what I'll charge till I've done one, and bought the chemicals. I would imagine a days labour for one guy, plus £40 on chemicals, around £300ish. Should pay for itself within a year.

 

[tamz]

Well I'm self employed and I'm looking for a cheap powerflusher. At the moment I just flush with chemicals, which satisfys building regs. I do intend to buy the machine and offer the option in future.

Just to let you know. Powerflushing is one of the most soul destroying boring jobs you can do. You would have a better day watching paint dry and the money nowadays is sh..! not great

 

[Centralheatking]

I agree with Tamz, we do power flushing and have a couple of machines
but there is no queue on Monday morning of our boys to take the jobs on in preference to other stuff.

Profit is reasonable. Its a low skilled job and requires no gas safe
certification.

centralheatking

 

[mooreofdevizes]

We have a Kamco powerflushing kit that does the job well. We don't do it as a one off very often but do it as an added extra when doing boiler changes.
Never going to make a fortune doing it but it's a nice little earner when doing a boiler change.

 

[Dannypipe]

Yeah, I take on board what you guys say about it being dull....on the rare days I'd do it, I guess I'd just have to turn the radio up.

Does it make a massive difference to how the system runs compared to chemical flushing alone?

Do you have a caviat in the quote to say it could cause leaks? Have you experienced this?

 

[mooreofdevizes]

I usually check the quality of the water when it is drained down. If it's really black you will see a big improvement.
Never had a problem with leaks after powerflushing and we have flushed some really old systems.

 

[Dannypipe]

Hmmmm. Very interesting. I need to flush my own system before the weather turns. Going to use it as a practise before I do it in a customers house. Just need to find a machine under £300. I missed some beauts on eBay but there's nothing on there right now. Any one wants to sell one, I'm your man!!

Oh and my system will be horrid, I did some work on it a few years ago, and never put any inhibitor back in the system. A cobbler never mends his own boots....and I'm no different!!!