Recent content by ifIhadahamma

not sure on the dot and dab idea :twisted: . i think i need to drain my entire system, pop the valves off, put springs in and bend the pipes.. :shock: unless the elbows idea works.. i'll look into that cheers all

I have a single rad in the kitchen, when the new kitchen was fitted a second rad was removed so it's now too cold in there. The current single is on valves coming up through ceramic tiles/concrete floor - be a messy job to move these. You're only talking 35mm to valve centres on the current one...

:D thanks for the help guys.. i bought two cheapo 15mm valves and a radiator valve allen key/box key. Hopefully I'll be able to use the two rad connectors off these valves and not have to replace the existing valves (don't wanna have to drain the system). interestingly when I asked the...

yes, it has the threaded holes but not the pipes (which you're saying are part of the valve?).. can you buy new pipes to fit the existing valves? I assume it's all standard stuff? I don't want to have to get the old pipes off the single rad and I assume they have an internal hex or something as...

i want to replace a single rad with a double without draining the system and replacing the valve and lockshield. The trouble is the rad i bought has no pipes to join it to the valves and the existing ones on the old single are a bit manky (:D).. can you buy new pipes or do I have to extract the...