Installing a radiator/pipes

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What would be the best way to connect a radiator to these pipes please.


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The pics look a little out of perspective but is that microbore, into an elbow and then 15mm? If it is then I would get some microbore to 15mm adapters.
I would use copper 15mm with 90 degree elbows to go from the rad back to the wall, then the adapters to connect to the microbore having cut off the horrible plastic fittings you have on show but push the new adapter etc back inside the wall. You can get some of those fancy chrome trims that fit around 15mm pipes to make it look nice as they exit the wall. You only want to see 15mm copper outside of the wall.
If that doesn't make sense, go to a local Wolsey plumbers merchants with a few pics of your setup (or even cut the ends off) and the size of rad you want and ask him to supply all the bits. It is a bit more expensive that way but brilliant way for a novice to get the right bits.
 
Bodgedbuild said:
The pics look a little out of perspective but is that microbore, into an elbow and then 15mm? If it is then I would get some microbore to 15mm adapters.
I would use copper 15mm with 90 degree elbows to go from the rad back to the wall, then the adapters to connect to the microbore having cut off the horrible plastic fittings you have on show but push the new adapter etc back inside the wall. You can get some of those fancy chrome trims that fit around 15mm pipes to make it look nice as they exit the wall. You only want to see 15mm copper outside of the wall.
If that doesn't make sense, go to a local Wolsey plumbers merchants with a few pics of your setup (or even cut the ends off) and the size of rad you want and ask him to supply all the bits. It is a bit more expensive that way but brilliant way for a novice to get the right bits.
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Thanks.

Yeah its microbore onto an elbow then a short piece of 15mm copper pipe with a stop end on.
 
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How about a couple of these (with a slightly longer rad to help conceal those messy holes):

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They've always been fine for me. Look nice and neat.
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houstonwehaveaproblem said:
That might work.

Maybe a slightly wider & lower down vertical panel rad might work. Conceals it a bit better!

The other prob i have is no idea which pipe is the flow one!
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Unless you choose a radiator that has to have the flow on a specific side ( some vertical rads do ) it doesn't matter . Conventional panel rads can be plumbed either way and TRV' s are bi directional these days .
If you really do need to establish which is the flow ,its the one that heats up first.
 
terryplumb said:
Unless you choose a radiator that has to have the flow on a specific side ( some vertical rads do ) it doesn't matter . Conventional panel rads can be plumbed either way and TRV' s are bi directional these days .
If you really do need to establish which is the flow ,its the one that heats up first.
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Thanks
 
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