Hi all,
I am trying to put TRVs on my radiators. I've got 10mm pipes so I've bought Drayton TRV4 with the included 10mm reducing olive (whatever it's called, it looks like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/reducing-set-15-10mm/70435). I'm assuming it acts like an olive and no other olive is required. But I'm questioning that assumption now.
I've come round to trying to fit it now and it only goes in one place, one way round, but I have the problem that it doesn't grip the pipe when I do up the compression fitting as easily as a normal olive would. I'm not sure if that's just because it's a lot thicker and so less compressable or if I'm doing something wrong and it's not meant to compress.
I have little experience of compression fittings, let alone this thing that came in the box with no instruction, do I just need to do it up tighter to get it to grip like a normal olive or do I need to add something in etc.
Thanks very much.
Matthew
I am trying to put TRVs on my radiators. I've got 10mm pipes so I've bought Drayton TRV4 with the included 10mm reducing olive (whatever it's called, it looks like this http://www.screwfix.com/p/reducing-set-15-10mm/70435). I'm assuming it acts like an olive and no other olive is required. But I'm questioning that assumption now.
I've come round to trying to fit it now and it only goes in one place, one way round, but I have the problem that it doesn't grip the pipe when I do up the compression fitting as easily as a normal olive would. I'm not sure if that's just because it's a lot thicker and so less compressable or if I'm doing something wrong and it's not meant to compress.
I have little experience of compression fittings, let alone this thing that came in the box with no instruction, do I just need to do it up tighter to get it to grip like a normal olive or do I need to add something in etc.
Thanks very much.
Matthew