I guess any gunge in the system has to end up somewhere!
Can it not simply be scooped out and the water in the tank filtered somehow
so it can start from scratch, Maybe done when the heating is off.

Obviously!
Brian

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On 04/03/2021 16:12, Another John wrote:
I've just been in the loft, and thought that while I was there I'd look
into the cold water tank (incredibly corroded parts, the tank itself
being PVC, but it all works) and the CH feed/overflow tank.

The CH tank has a skin on it that must be at an inch deep - browny,
almost solid gunge on top, pitch black underneath where it's in contact
with the surface of the water. Looks absolutely ghastly.

I am intending to get the CH boiler serviced this Spring/Summer. (I
rarely get it serviced, on the old adage "if it ain't broke don't fix
it". However it's almost 6 years since it was last looked at, so I think
it's time.)

So: when getting the boiler serviced, should I get the tank looked at as
well?


Note 1: I took care not to stir it up after I'd discovered the gunge.
However I'd guess that part of the reason this skin has formed is that
the system doesn't access the tank much, if at all.

Note 2: I have both cold water and CH tanks covered with thick insulated
boards, to prevent freezing -- was that a bad idea?


Note 3: this is a patchwork system (like most, I'd guess): rads and
pipework (microbore) fitted at least 35 years ago; new boiler and
controls and minor mods in 2008; and the boiler, which is a Gloworm
Flexicom HX, had a new heat exchanger fitted in 2015. Nothing since then.

Thanks in anticipation, for any views!

I don't know if it was related, but my system had no inhibitor for years
(I'd refilled after some changes and never got around to it). When I added
some, a horrible scum soon formed in the tank!