Flooring damage new radiators.

[Enigma417]

Thanks for the helpful replies with suggstions, as i am fitting the underlay i have packed out the holes with offcuts of the felt underlay, hopefully this should help. Below the floor it appears to be pex pipe and speedfit joints from the original copper up the point it joins to the copper tails. True im not a plumber but the thats the point of asking the questions of people with more knowledge than i have.

 

[dilalio]

Hang on a mo...

So they've used pushfit from existing underfloor copper to join copper tails from rads?

I wouldn't have done that... If copper is there I would use copper throughout!

 

[Bodd]

Maybe they weren't carpenters or plumbers...

 

[HERTS P&D]

Maybe they were the cheapest cash price.

Andy

 

[Keithmac]

Maybe they were the cheapest cash price.

Andy

I've turned plenty of people away because they wanted champagne for the price of lager..

 

[oldbutnotdead]

That's a bit shabby not to mention expensive on materials (placcie tube is cheap enough- well the curly wurly stuff is) but the fittings are dearer. Much quicker & less skill required to do it that way though...

 

[Enigma417]

Are the differing materials likley to be an issue? As the new kitchen radiator is a t from flow and return pipes on the landing to pex in the ceiling void to copper now boxed in down the wall back to pex under the kitchen floor (now laid) and finally back to copper on the tails.... they seem to be a plumbing and heating firm, they were sub contracted by our main builder.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Nah it'll be fine, slightly less heat capacity on placcie vs copper but plenty for 1 rad. They ought to have rebalanced the system to take account of the new rad...