I don’t know about you, but every now and then I like spending time in churches. I find them to be peaceful places.
Today’s job was in the hall of St.Theresa’s Catholic Church, Filton, Bristol. I don”t know for sure, but I suspect it used to be the place where the congregation worshipped before building the huge big brick place next to it.
Although there was nothing that made it particularly difficult (from a heating engineers point of view) it was an interesting job. The access was a little higher than usual (at the top of a stepladder) and I decided to use a pump adaptor head to flush through both boiler and radiators at the same time.
The boiler was a Vaillant Eco Tec Combination boiler. An excellent boiler. Robust, easy to work on and relatively easy to clean out.
Rust-wise, there wasn’t much magnetite (Fe3O5) in the system to turn the water black, but there were enough larger particles of standard rust (FeO2) to cease up a circulation pump. (Which is why Father Finnegan called us in in the first place.)
After the powerflush – and descale because Bristol has hard water – the system is guaranteed clean.
The job was completed and we were out in time to avoid stepping on the toes of the the dancers due later that day.
All in all, a peaceful and gratifying day.
