leaking radiator connection

[larold]

Hi, I have a slow drip from where the water pipe goes in at the bottom of my radiator. I guess I need to buy a new connection but I don't know what is is called so I cant search for it online. Can someone please take a look at the pic and tell me what to search for? It is the chrome elbow thing. The pipe going in is a 10mm speedfit pipe so I assumed the elbow is speedfit but I looked on the speedfit site but cant find anything similar. At the other end where it screws on to the bottom of the TRV, the outside diameter of the connector is about 24mm. Thanks

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• larold
• 16 Feb 2012
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[Al-Glasgow]

get ready to drain down full sysem, unless the rad is on first floor.

you might be lucky and cut more of the plastic sleeving (if that is 10mm microbore with a sheath) back and push the copper pipe in more.

the part you need would be a 90 degree 10mm bend MF or street elbow as others call it, consider a compression version instead of pushfit IMO.

Al

 

[Charnwood]

10 by 15 nickel/chrome plated push-fit street elbow. That's a 15mm rad valve, I'd say.
Various makes available. Tectite being one:
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[larold]

Thanks. So is the bolt thing part of the TRV rather than part of the elbow? I had a look at a pic of the T12S. It seems to have a collar at the top where the bolt is on mine. How would the bolt fit round that? Sorry if Im being thick here.