Best way to bend a pipe o this radiator installation

[pyounger]

I am about to swap an existing 700x500 single rad in the bathroon for a 700x500 double rad.

I became so carried away with the idea that I did not take into account the fact that the pipes coming up through the floor to the valves will need to be about 15 - 20mm further 'out' (i.e. away from the wall) even if I mount the new radiator with the mounting bracket fitted on its short side out.

My problem is that I really do not want to rip up the floor because we have vinyl self-adhesive floor tiles on hardboard ontop of the floorboards - so I am wondering if anyone has any ideas how I might best bend the pipes out from the wall to accommodate the valves and fit into the rad.... or any other ideas.

 

[buck51]

Depends on how long the tails are from floor to valve, and do you have any movement though the floor.
But if you cant ease them out 15-20 mm then you may have to Anneal the pipe midway.

 

[kirkgas]

as buck says it might be possible to bend the pipes forward slightly it may mean dropping the height slightly to accomodate the new position

 

[Garfeild]

Why not use a couple of elbows?

 

[pyounger]

The current tails are approx 6 inches (plus whatever depth in the valves) there is no movement in the hole, whoever cut that floorboard di so with great accuracy!

I have never annealed before, I assume it is just a matter of heat the pipe, insert a spring and in some way bend it out

 

[fishhead1]

something like this?
http://www.tdlonline.co.uk/Products...+fittings+and+pipe/Endfeed/item1344?startPos=