The warning
Yesterday my wife reported strange wet areas in and around some of the kitchen cabinets. I tracked it down to the flexible pipes feeding a Smiths kickspace heater leaking and the water being vaporised by the heat then to condense in and around the cabinets above.
This heater is about 4 years old and the flexible supply pipes came with it
in the box. I telephoned the manufacturers this morning and was immediately
offered replacement pipes for free due to them having had "a bad batch".
So beware, if you have Smiths kick space heaters
anywhere you may have a problem brewing.
The question.
Apparently the replacement pipes will not have isolation valves fitted as the old ones did. I need these on the heater end as it is not possible to
connect to the central heating pipes under the kitchen cabinets with the
heater in place. Not only that but due to limitations of space I would
prefer push fit connectors as were fitted to the original. Can anyone
recommend a reliable brand of push fit isolation/service valves?
Mike
Yesterday my wife reported strange wet areas in and around some of the kitchen cabinets. I tracked it down to the flexible pipes feeding a Smiths kickspace heater leaking and the water being vaporised by the heat then to condense in and around the cabinets above.
This heater is about 4 years old and the flexible supply pipes came with it
in the box. I telephoned the manufacturers this morning and was immediately
offered replacement pipes for free due to them having had "a bad batch".
So beware, if you have Smiths kick space heaters
anywhere you may have a problem brewing.
The question.
Apparently the replacement pipes will not have isolation valves fitted as the old ones did. I need these on the heater end as it is not possible to
connect to the central heating pipes under the kitchen cabinets with the
heater in place. Not only that but due to limitations of space I would
prefer push fit connectors as were fitted to the original. Can anyone
recommend a reliable brand of push fit isolation/service valves?
Mike
