Going to install a Magnetic filter some help needed identifying pipes

[SimonG]

Would have liked to see access to the bottom of the filter.

 

[king of pipes]

Would have liked to see access to the bottom of the filter.

And a couple of brackets on the pipework.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

hes done well to crimp those bottom elbows

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Why do home owners etc always choose magnaclean ?
Probably because they advertise most.. they are by no means the best filters but are the most popular. The magnets are poor in comparison and I am not impressed with the strainer design which collects or not the none magnetic debris.
I have had a significant contribution to several magnetic filters on sale in uk and European sales arena. But cannotbmention them cause it’s against ukpf rules ..so which other filters would experienced installers on here choose
Rob Foster aka centralheatking

you can mention them just cant link to your own site for sales etc

and adey are the only ones i fit unless im tight (space wise) then i use the omega

 

[SimonG]

Trappex Centramag 2 for me.

 

[Rob Foster]

you can mention them just cant link to your own site for sales etc

and adey are the only ones i fit unless im tight (space wise) then i use the omega

Shaun all my business to do with mag filters was concluded by 2010 and I have no money
Tied up,in any of the ones I designed and no royalty deals ,
So,I am well able to comment without predudice . In my opinion there are too many on the market and the specification enabling buyers to compare the available ones is flawed. I do not like the magnaclean because it is a cheap poor powered magnet unit mass produced . mr Adey
A plumber just like us designed it and then it got ramped by the likes of bg etc . He made good money and well done and got out .. Rob Foster aka centralheatking

 

[Ric2013]

Would have liked to see access to the bottom of the filter.

On a Magnaclean? What for?

 

[king of pipes]

So the filter can be drained and cleaned out and handy for adding inhibitor . Kop

 

[Rob Foster]

So the filter can be drained and cleaned out and handy for adding inhibitor . Kop

Quite right Mr KOP.

 

[Ric2013]

So the filter can be drained and cleaned out and handy for adding inhibitor . Kop

Ah thanks. Didn't realise that this model had a drain port at the bottom. I wonder where Magnaclean got that idea from?

 

[dan_the_plumber]

Yeah, I had a magnaclean a few years back that I had to take off to drain part of the system leaving the valves in place. When I came to reattach the actually plastic body to the valves I noticed the thread had gone and would not re-seal. I had to buy a whole new filter!

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yeah, I had a magnaclean a few years back that I had to take off to drain part of the system leaving the valves in place. When I came to reattach the actually plastic body to the valves I noticed the thread had gone and would not re-seal. I had to buy a whole new filter!

Old red label if you phone adey up they will supply you with a new one foc

 

[Ric2013]

Old red label if you phone adey up they will supply you with a new one foc

They wanted to charge me enough for a seal set and lid tool for a customer. I told them that the customer felt, like me, that a TF2 was a better solution than the cost of new seals every few years. I wasn't lying either.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

They wanted to charge me enough for a seal set and lid tool for a customer. I told them that the customer felt, like me, that a TF2 was a better solution than the cost of new seals every few years. I wasn't lying either.

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[Ric2013]

Translation:

Adey wanted to charge me when I enquired on behalf of a customer:


The lid spanner you require is product code BSPN1 – Cost £10.59p and the seal pack is product code SEAPKPRO – Cost £11.50p.

There will also be a delivery charge of £2.95.

In practice, the lid comes undone with grips and the customer told me that my cleaning it and greasing it up seemed to have worked for now, but if it leaked again, he'd just get me to replace it with a better model. I felt £11.50 for three O rings was a lot and that a plastic lid spanner should not be more expensive than a Britool metal spanner.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Translation:

Adey wanted to charge me when I enquired on behalf of a customer:


The lid spanner you require is product code BSPN1 – Cost £10.59p and the seal pack is product code SEAPKPRO – Cost £11.50p.

There will also be a delivery charge of £2.95.

In practice, the lid comes undone with grips and the customer told me that my cleaning it and greasing it up seemed to have worked for now, but if it leaked again, he'd just get me to replace it with a better model. I felt £11.50 for three O rings was a lot and that a plastic lid spanner should not be more expensive than a Britool metal spanner.

Speak to your adey rep / trade days mine gave me a few sets for any of the old ones but I don't touch the red labels any more due to issues

 

[Ric2013]

Speak to your adey rep / trade days mine gave me a few sets for any of the old ones but I don't touch the red labels any more due to issues

I doubt I'm big enough game for their interest, to be honest. Only ever bought one Magnaclean, and I prefer the FT2s anyway, so I'm unlikely to ever be an important customer, but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Anthony7193]

Would have liked to see access to the bottom of the filter.

Picture does not show it because the angle but there is plenty of access below, even when I put the floor back in again.

 

[Anthony7193]

And a couple of brackets on the pipework.

This will be done, I will be boxing it in and putting the brackets on at that point.

 

[Rob Foster]

Ah thanks. Didn't realise that this model had a drain port at the bottom. I wonder where Magnaclean got that idea from?

The three I designed years ago two had this feature, the 1st one did not , stupid me Rob Foster aka centralheatking