Crimped pipe.....

[n20y1d]

Anyone know why this pipe has been compressed/crimped?

Never noticed it before as its had a radiator cover on?

I'm planning on draining system tomorrow so could possibly take it out and replace with some push fit...

Sorry about the cobwebs...

 

[pete50]

That pipe is bypassing the radiator. It is connecting the rad inlet to the rad outlet so the rad wouldn't work. It's probably been crimped so that the radiator water flows through the rad. It does seem an odd thing to do though. I would have removed that pipe and either capped the cut ends or removed the T pieces and put straight connectors in. That would require draining down the system though so not an easy job. Why the pipe was put there in the first place is beyond me but someone obviously realised at some point thatthe rad wasn't working and the crimp was an easy fix.

 

[terryplumb]

Its probably a by pass to stabilise the load on the pump / provide minimum flow in the event of all radiators being turned off.