The Horne flushing kit enables simple and effective flushing following installation, and pre-commissioning a Horne TMV or shower.  It is a required accessory that facilitates compliance with BS 806 and BS 8558.  The flushing kit not only removes construction swarf, debris and particulate matter from the water system, thus protecting the precision valve components, it also allows for maintenance of a healthy water system, improved water quality and enhanced patient / user safety.

The flushing kit should also be used periodically to flush the supply pipe work at an elevated velocity (via the drain points upstream of the mixing or shower valve), which serves to shear excess biofilm and its resident pathogens from the internal pipe surfaces and remove it to drain, thus improving water quality and retarding a reservoir of potential infection.

Flushing adaptors are available for all options of HORNE 15, HORNE 20, Heatstat T2, HORNE 25 TMVs and the HORNE TSV1. The flushing adaptor enables the newly installed pipework to be flushed clean of any debris without passing the debris through the TMV and risking damage to the sealing faces.

The adjacent images and videos show how to fit and operate the Flushing Kit for pipe flushing purposes. It is essential to flush the pipework before any water is run through the mixing or shower valve.

DO NOT flush the pipework by removing the internals of the mixing valve and flushing water through the empty or dummy valve. The pressure drop across the valve and the downstream tap will prevent the water flow attaining maximum velocity and this will not be sufficient for effective cleaning of debris and biofilm from the pipework.

Part Numbers
To fit HORNE 15, HEATSTAT DN15 and TSV1 shower valve:  5138
To fit HORNE 20 and HEATSTAT DN20:  5167
To fit HORNE 25:  5375G

Optitherm Spigot Flushing Boot: 5684

Optitherm in-situ Flushing Kit: 5492