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So, after much gnashing of teeth I have determined the following: Flowflex very tight on plastic pipe, as mentioned previously Made4Trade as above PlumbRight as above Conex (Toolstation) absolutely fine, albeit they are considerably more expensive. Having said that, these are the only ones I...

Hadn’t even put the insert in at this juncture as I was having a play, but would do; i know to use the variant specifically for compression fittings. I’ll post back this afternoon, for the benefit of others, when I have collected the other (three) brands. Doing this as much out of interest. As...

Hi Rob and thanks for responding. In answer to your questions: 1. Speedfit pipe and Flowflex reducer, which is tight as hell until I get to work on it! 2. The damage was caused on a new piece of pipe by simply pushing the smaller part of the (new) adapter onto it. Never used these before and so...

I need to fit a towel rail using 10mm Speedfit pipe coming out of a block wall. I was going to use corner valves with 3-part adaptors (see pics),as the wall-to-centres distance is only 50mm’ish. The issue I am having is that the adapters are such a tight fit that they are shaving bits of...

Ignorant question time: Speedfit 10mm pipe will be coming out of a block wall that will be ultimately tiled and the wall-to-centre measurement for the towel rail is 57mm - 65mm. I’m thinking of using corner valves, with (2-piece) 15-to-10mm adaptors. My uncertainty, and hence question, is the...

Appreciate the time you’ve taken to provide the information! Will also help others of course.

Thanks, will take a look.

Yes that’s the plan.

Did originally think about that but the problem is that it raises the floor levels, which introduces a different set of problems.

Useful to know that, thanks! It’s obviously a subjective decision and so I think I will proceed with what I have already bought, but use external pipework rather than channel the walls. In this way, it will be easy to swap it out if I find the room is too cold.

The big con being which delta-value is used!

The house is not that old and it is quite a tiny space and hence a towel rail ‘may’ be OK. Difficult to correct matters if it isn’t though. I guess that it is a tad misleading, comparing Btus against radiators and towel rails as they work differently, just to complicate things!

I’ve removed an old 600 x 400 single rad from a small ensuite (3 m²) and hoping to replace it with a towel rail and wonder whether the new towel rail i’ve purchased is going to be powerful enough. Original rad spec’d at 1563 btus, but never had it turned up anywhere near maximum, but the towels...

In the middle of a bathroom refurb and need to replace existing radiator with a towel rail, but I am uncertain on the best approach to take. My first idea was to use the original (channelled) pipework along with (additional) chrome pipe and fittings, to compensate for the new position of the...

Thanks for confirming.

I note on John guest’s website that they state that their connectors can be used with compression joints as long as they are not shallow depth. It’s a a subjective statement and I’m not sure whether it will be OK in my scenario with the iso-valve i have purchased. The attached pictures show...

Yes, pipe prepared fully.

Tried that but it didn’t work. Then tried rubbing alcohol and that did work. I couldn’t get them apart though and so had to resort to a very weak solution of soapy water, which did the trick,. Five or six joints, and it would be a hell of a workout!

Coincidently before your latest post, I’d tried exactly that with a straight connector and it slotted fully-in. With the bends though, it got 2/3 of the way before it stuck! I then struggled to get the damn things apart. :-) I then resorted to a dab of spittal and a bit of force and it popped...

I think we are at cross purposes here. A dry fit on Floplast is super-tight and the pipe only gets about 10mm before it sticks. When solvent welded it goes in all the way as it should. When dry-fitting, I am finding that the partial insertion can lead to errors. I guess other brands may be a...