Hi everyone,
I'm thinking of chancing the valves on my radiators to TRVs, however I have a few concerns.
At the moment each radiator only appears to have one valve. Water enters the radiator from the top and leaves at the bottom (or is it the other way around????). The pipe entering the top of the radiator has what appears to be a manual valve, whereas the pipe into the radiator at the bottom has no valve at all, instead it just appears to be an elbow which joins the rad to the pipe.
I want to add TRVs to each rad as well as lockshield valves. Am I able to do this???? If so can I change it so that each pipe enters the radiator at the bottom with an air vent at the top at one side and a blacking cap at the other side?
One other question I have relates to the pipes themselves. They appear to be made of either iron or steel, I rubbed them with wire wool and they very polished, I thought it may be chrome but gently filed a small section of this, it did not reveal any copper!!!!! Is this usual, the system is about 25-30 years old. Can I use standard compression fittings on this pipework.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Graham
I'm thinking of chancing the valves on my radiators to TRVs, however I have a few concerns.
At the moment each radiator only appears to have one valve. Water enters the radiator from the top and leaves at the bottom (or is it the other way around????). The pipe entering the top of the radiator has what appears to be a manual valve, whereas the pipe into the radiator at the bottom has no valve at all, instead it just appears to be an elbow which joins the rad to the pipe.
I want to add TRVs to each rad as well as lockshield valves. Am I able to do this???? If so can I change it so that each pipe enters the radiator at the bottom with an air vent at the top at one side and a blacking cap at the other side?
One other question I have relates to the pipes themselves. They appear to be made of either iron or steel, I rubbed them with wire wool and they very polished, I thought it may be chrome but gently filed a small section of this, it did not reveal any copper!!!!! Is this usual, the system is about 25-30 years old. Can I use standard compression fittings on this pipework.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Graham