Hi There
first post, looking for a little advice. I have searched but I couldn't find the specific thing that I am looking at.
I'm replacing a rad in one of the bedrooms, the one I bought was a couple of centimetres narrower than the one I was replacing. Not a problem, I thought, as there was some flex in the pipes, and a longer rad tail would bridge any gap.
I bought a pair of these:
today, but I can't see how they can work? The valve nut goes over it fine, and the thread (on the left of this picture) fits into the radiator, but there is no "shoulder" for the tail to tighten up to, so it just goes on turning until it's right into the radiator bit. I'm not explaining this too well ... perhaps a drawing would help:
I can make the one I bought go tight, but the "shoulder" bit is then quite far into the radiator, and I don't think it's really making a decent seal.
Have I bought the wrong thing, or am I using it incorrectly?
Thanks in anticipation
Andy Hill
first post, looking for a little advice. I have searched but I couldn't find the specific thing that I am looking at.
I'm replacing a rad in one of the bedrooms, the one I bought was a couple of centimetres narrower than the one I was replacing. Not a problem, I thought, as there was some flex in the pipes, and a longer rad tail would bridge any gap.
I bought a pair of these:
today, but I can't see how they can work? The valve nut goes over it fine, and the thread (on the left of this picture) fits into the radiator, but there is no "shoulder" for the tail to tighten up to, so it just goes on turning until it's right into the radiator bit. I'm not explaining this too well ... perhaps a drawing would help:
I can make the one I bought go tight, but the "shoulder" bit is then quite far into the radiator, and I don't think it's really making a decent seal.
Have I bought the wrong thing, or am I using it incorrectly?
Thanks in anticipation
Andy Hill