Powder Flushing | Powder Flush Discussion - Steve Kukard Trademark Owner

Rappid · Nov 28, 2011

I'm a sparky looking for advice

I'm having problems with my heating system, I have googled power flushing and it came up powder flushing.
Is it really that good?
Anybody doing powder flushing?

Thanks.

hydrotherm · Nov 28, 2011

Hope were not talking illegal substances here !

mrlennie · Nov 28, 2011

interesting...

Gray0689 · Nov 28, 2011

Sounds a good job

PlumbBobBob · Nov 29, 2011

bet it's not cheap though

SafeGasInstall · Nov 29, 2011

is that your invention ?

Rappid · Nov 29, 2011

No not my invention, just stumbled across it on google.
Just looking for someone who does this as my system desperately needs a power flush.

PlumbBobBob · Nov 29, 2011

strange that powder flushing doesn't come up for at least first ten pages (got bored of looking)

SteveBall · Nov 29, 2011

The powder is just a additive you add when power flushing,

claims to give extra cleaning,which it may do

however the problem is getting it all out afterwards as very difficult to get all out and the bits if left in could perhaps cause damage to controls in system, would not advise on domestic systems personally myself, you will find chemicals alone will do the job just fine.

Use Chemicals Always. They Work Well.
imho

Rappid · Nov 29, 2011

Steveb, I googled 'power flush hire' and it's the second link

PlumbBobBob · Nov 29, 2011

Rappid said:
Steveb, I googled 'power flush hire' and it's the second link

i googled power flushing and it didn't come up. which is what i would have put in if i were looking for someone to do it for me. which reading back is what you said you did.

Plumin · Feb 4, 2012

From the website "100% of the abrasive is retrieved, leaving the system completely clean. After the abrasive has done its work, it dissolves into the system water and gets dump down the drain. The system water is then replaced with clean water and inhibitor added." Sound like it would work just fine.

GerrythePlumber · Feb 6, 2012

What's in this magic powder?
It sounds like its just washing powder.
If its not available, then it's not legal. How would you explain to your insurance company that some unknown substance was being used on domestic premises?
Theyr'e keeping a little secret methinks.
The only ones I can find who perform this service are Steve and his mates at the powerflush association.
If it's so good then why power flush at all.
They say the pump goes at 50 to 300 litres/ min. It must be huge.

PowderFlush · Sep 6, 2015

Powder Flush was specifically designed to overcome the shortcomings power flushing has in cleaning microbore systems and I can assure you that it does NOT cause leaks and in fact causes less leaks because we don’t have to use strong acidic cleaners. The powder and pellets we use are by design, just hard enough to scrape of hardened sludge but not so hard that it can cause leaks or damage. We have various sized pellets of different densities depending on pipe size and age of the system we are cleaning. We have performed hundreds of procedures on microbore, both copper and plastic and have a much higher success rate than trying to power flush them. It is true that standard power flushing is not all that effective on microbore and it is true that Powder Flushing will get better results. We know this because around 50% of our work is on systems where power flushing has already failed to get results, at least once.

Old Account · Sep 6, 2015

Fishpond said:
Personally I just do a chemical clean... power flushing microbore isn't worth the hassle.

I was with a customer a few months back and they said they saw something on the web about powder flushing for microbore (just found it here POWDERFLUSH ). Anyone heard about this?

Where can you get this powder ? Can you use the powder for a normal power flush machine ? Or do you need a new machine ?

Old Account · Sep 6, 2015

PowderFlush said:
Powder Flush was specifically designed to overcome the shortcomings power flushing has in cleaning microbore systems and I can assure you that it does NOT cause leaks and in fact causes less leaks because we don’t have to use strong acidic cleaners. The powder and pellets we use are by design, just hard enough to scrape of hardened sludge but not so hard that it can cause leaks or damage. We have various sized pellets of different densities depending on pipe size and age of the system we are cleaning. We have performed hundreds of procedures on microbore, both copper and plastic and have a much higher success rate than trying to power flush them. It is true that standard power flushing is not all that effective on microbore and it is true that Powder Flushing will get better results. We know this because around 50% of our work is on systems where power flushing has already failed to get results, at least once.

Where can I get those powder for powder flush ? Is that possible to use it with a standrard power flush machine ? Or we will need to buy a different machine ? What's the cost like ?

ShaunCorbs · Sep 6, 2015

POWDER FLUSH: Better cleaning than a power flush!

Stanios · Jan 22, 2016

The Powder Flushing® looks interesting.
I preffer Filling Loop Flushing™ myself..

tommy1712 · Jan 22, 2016

I have heard of powder flushing but never done it of seen the chemicals etc but surely that's gunna :nono: your machine??????

Rickster123 · Jan 22, 2016

APPlumbing said:
You've joined but never actually done a powerflush???

Edit... Ahhhh I see powder flush....

Rickster123 · Jan 22, 2016

rpm said:
Nothing to do with work then, just the kids eh?

Actually mate he's started sleeping through the night! It's changed my life!!

Anyway, powder flushing....

Stanios · Jan 23, 2016

AlexGas said:
First time. There are lots of sites on the net to give you a free UK Limited company check.

So we can see that powder flushing wasnt his first idea

Jay Jay · Apr 1, 2018

Pro flush powder is the bees nees works on cold flush!! Great bit of kit

Best · Nov 21, 2018

A magnetic filter on the return at boiler would remove any crud that is is suspension.
You could try some power flushing chemicals as said, like F5 Fernox and let the filter work.
At £1000 for powder flushing 10 rads, I would rather buy new rads

Gasmk1 · Feb 25, 2020

think it may be their system so you have to pay them POWDER FLUSH prices: - http://www.WE DO NOT LINK TO THIS WEBSITE STEVE KUKARD OWNS/powder_flush_prices.html

its expensive !

OffshoreGas · Feb 25, 2020

Gasmk1 said:
think it may be their system so you have to pay them POWDER FLUSH prices: - http://www.WE DO NOT LINK TO THIS WEBSITE STEVE KUKARD OWNS/powder_flush_prices.html

its expensive !

Yikes! That's expensive. Must be quite hard on pipework etc, you'd want to be certain you got it all out.

Your not that far off the price of re-piping especially if you used MLCP or similar.

Gasmk1 · Feb 27, 2020

RoryD said:
I followedup by googling the business which doean't have a phone number (on google at any rate) and the photo there is on a council estate somewhere. There's a lot of advertising gone down for this business with big claims. None of the major companies as far as I'maware, are doing this and I seriously have to question the viability of the whole concept!

No phone number on the site eirther, none of the videos are very compelling rinse water round a bowl you would have added chemicals first before doing power flush and i cant see how you could guarantee that all their powder/pellets have been removed from the system. also do they also flush boiler i wouldnt imagine any manufacturers have been approached about any damage.

Tasneem · Jun 10, 2023

sadlybroke said:
Yes, the plumber tried to balance the system. Even with all rads closed and just one open, those that usually never get warm do not heat up.

I don't have a confirmation that it is blocked as such. The plumber disconnected the radiator. He closed off other radiators in the loop. He then cut the plastic pipe that feeds that radiator about 5m away from the radiator. He used the vacuum cleaner to suck the air from the pipes but doing it one way (sucking by the radiator) did nothing. When he connected the vac to the other end of the pipes (where he cut it), there was a very slight suction in the pipe by the radiator.

The radiator was completely removed and the flow/return pipes were connected by a hose but there was no flow through it.

Did you solve the problem at all? We have the same issue and have been thinking for a couple of years how to solve it by avoiding repiping as msf flooring not floor boards. Looking at powder flush a new thing but can’t find reviews other than their website.

Really stuck so would appreciate your reply

Admin · Aug 21, 2025

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