Inside my Quooker Flex Boiler tap 1 year on

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madsparkie

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@jimfindlay6127 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your video. Looks like a must every year

@cyrilabahussein2955 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid .... Definitely will be changing mine every 12 months

@youkaygreen Жыл бұрын

Wish I'd taken a picture of mine, which I've recently cleaned out. I live in the hard Thames water area so I had about 1 inch of lime scale at the bottom after 12 months.Have been getting the 4 flashing lights problem as well, so I have to keep rebooting. Moving home very soon and will try the cheaper Qettle, which includes the filter.

@miri-dz9oy 7 ай бұрын

I absolutely love how neat and clean your installation looks and your idea with the cover for the Quooker! Great job! Having several different water filters in my life which all have recommended changing intervals of give or take 6- 12 months depending on the water quality and the amount of water used, I had the exact same idea as you, especially since I saw other videos on KZbin where people cleaned the unit after 4 years or so and had huge amounts of limescale coming out which did look quite gross, to be honest.😂 Would be great if Quooker made the change of the filter easier; it would also benefit them in terms of units of filters sold :).

@lfrederic1823 Жыл бұрын

Extremely useful ! Thanks a lot

@glendamer5794 Жыл бұрын

You need to fit the Scale Control R unit…. It prevents limescale build up in the tank, even in soft water areas

@golddiggerdave Жыл бұрын

Mine just packed in after 10 years so can't complain. The unit is totally dead. They offer a replacement service £300 for a new tank providing they get the old one back. £30 per year for 10 years is really not bad.

@madsparkie Жыл бұрын

That’s a great deal 👍

@miles5600 8 ай бұрын

i imagine this is needed in the UK cause of their not so good water quality. I'm in The Netherlands and we never have any filters cause our water is very clean and good quality, we opened up ours after more than a decade to see if it was bad and to my surprise there was no residue.

@user-pd4do6tn6w 6 ай бұрын

I have no idea about this stuff - but is it safe to have a plug socket installed so close to the water supply? What if there was a leak at the back edge of the worktop? Is it in line with regs?

@splinx2813 3 ай бұрын

Quick question on the gasket... I've got the kit and one side of the new gasket is flat and the other is ridged. Can you please let me know which way around to fit it? I'm assuming the ridged side towards the rim of the tank with the flat side against the element internals. I'm asking because my tank is leaking when I put it back together with the original gasket (I guess thats why they supply one). I want to be sure so that I dont degrade the new gasket by fitting it inverted 😂

@madsparkie 3 ай бұрын

Hi there, I can’t say I noticed, did you tighten your studs in the correct sequence, ie, in you imagine the face of a clock, you nip all the bolts down lightly, then start gently firming the nuts down, 12 o clock first, then 6, 3,9,2,7,5,10 etc, just search Flange bolting sequence or something, but don’t go crazy, because if you strip a thread it’s not going to end well, hope this helps

@splinx2813 3 ай бұрын

@@madsparkie Thanks for coming back to me. I did just that - as it's something I've always done naturally over the past 20 years - when I called the support line they immediately said, hmmm, yes, you need a replacement gasket (which is why we supply one in the kit). I was actually wondering if I could just use a product with the gasket like slic-tite or something that is non-toxic and can be used with extremely high pressure systems up to 260C

@splinx2813 3 ай бұрын

@@madsparkie - ** Update ** I received the new gasket and it worked perfectly. I was mistaken with the design of the old gasket that had compressed and created two ridges on one side (which I had assumed was how it was manufactured). Long story short - everything works perfectly now and, if you are reconditioning your tank it is absolutely to fit a new gasket to ensure you don't get leaks.

@madsparkie 3 ай бұрын

@@splinx2813 great news, back in the game!! Glad you got things sorted 👍

@ameerahme Жыл бұрын

Where can the limescale be safely disposed of would you say? What if it is an exceptionally excessive amount. Also, what does the gasket look like, where could it be purchased also is the gasket absolutely necessary

@madsparkie Жыл бұрын

Put the limescale in a tissue, then in the bin or down the toilet, if you check back the video the gasket can be seen at 5:10, it comes as part of the kit from the Quooker website, as this is a pressurised vessel it would be good practice to change the gasket every time it’s opened, especially as it comes as part of the kit, if you are unsure you shouldn’t be doing this yourself, you could quite easily damage the housing if not careful with stripped threads etc.

@ianhailey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this video, I take it your inlet is straight off the mains (no other filtering)?

@madsparkie 2 жыл бұрын

That’s correct straight off the mains, as per the instructions.

@rjlecomte 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't the water filtered before it goes across the element?

@madsparkie 2 жыл бұрын

I had a quick look at the Quooker website just now, www.quooker.co.uk/pro7-e-internals-31-200-00.html and looking at the pic, and from memory I believe water is filtered coming out of the tank, I dare say you could probably put an inline filter before the Quooker tank, if you live in an area with particularly hard water and it’s a concern for you.

@marksargent3270 2 жыл бұрын

I too was under the impression that there was a filter in my Flex, bit it doesn't look like it from the video and my unit looks the same. ( away from home, so can't check it at the moment)

@foxstan2498 Жыл бұрын

The white plastic cylinder on pro7-e is a lime scale filter for filtering boiling water?

@dollymixture5084 Жыл бұрын

Should I get one, would you recommend? What about running/maintenance costs but note you said filter pack is £25, is there any other maintenance cost? I’m also in Aberdeen so a soft water area but surprised at the build up after just 1 year even with the Aberdeen water!

@madsparkie Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t be without it now, more kitchens are sold with them than without them now, a bit like microwaves back in the day, now everyone has a microwave, soon everyone will have a boiler tap, there are cheaper ones available, but I believe Quooker is most likely the bench mark, I’m North of Aberdeen by an hour or so, the build up of limescale wasn’t huge but definitely worth the £25 a year for the filter. Hope this helps.

@GR31LLY Жыл бұрын

Aberdonian? I just bought a house with this in it, turned it on to check it out and black water pored out first. I’m away to clean it all out. Cheers for the video.

@RichardJRussell 10 ай бұрын

The black water is excess carbon being flushed out of a new filter.

@Jay-iq6yh 2 жыл бұрын

Does your grey plastic pressure valve every leak? Mine from time to time leaks water from it and it seems like its under pressure???

@madsparkie 2 жыл бұрын

It does now and again, It’s a pressure relief valve, it’s designed to open at (around) 8bar, it’s a safety feature. 👍. However, If it’s passing constantly then perhaps it’s not seating properly after lifting,

@allanhughes9458 Жыл бұрын

Mine had been leaking recently, after I fully removed pipe discovered it had some limescale build up and caused some blockage. Cleaned out with some stiff wire and reinstalled

@Fraser365 Жыл бұрын

Is this a difficult job to do? I’ve been in my house 4 years and ours has never been cleaned. Thinking it’s due a filter change after seeing your video but unsure whether it’s something I would manage or not.

@madsparkie Жыл бұрын

It’s a doddle, if you’re any good with spanner’s and tools and have an understanding of how not to strip a thread you should be fine, I’ve just ordered one for this year, and noticed the price is now £25+£5 VAT + £5 shipping

@D5taR Жыл бұрын

Are you in a hard or soft water area?

@madsparkie Жыл бұрын

Soft water 👍

@D5taR Жыл бұрын

@@madsparkie thanks, that's a lot of buildup for 12 months. At least the filters are cheap though

@fus149hammer5 Жыл бұрын

Where we live we'd get that much limescale in a week!

@franzheger2871 11 ай бұрын

Asking me what is 1500 € or above on this quooker's worth?

@madsparkie 11 ай бұрын

Not sure I fully understand your question, however, there are other boiler taps available that do the same job and less expensive , we like ours, It works for us, we were installing a new kitchen and it seemed like a good idea, I remember when microwaves first appeared on the market, and everyone thought they were not worth the expense, now almost every kitchen has a microwave, I think it’s the same for a boiler tap, if we were to move house or install another kitchen, we would fit a boiler tap agin.

@franzheger2871 11 ай бұрын

@@madsparkie Just can't figure out, why a quooker cost so much when i see the components ... and they can range up to 3500 or nearly 4k (€). I landed here, why was wondering if a cooker can use big CO2 bottles (bigger then the 450gr), but cookers seems to sell them with the same bottles like sodastream.

@user-kt7kh2vj2l 11 ай бұрын

@@franzheger2871There are third party pressure regulators that allow you to connect bigger CO2 bottles, maybe search KZbin or google for it :)