Hey all, I've had to change a central heating radiator in our spare room as the bleeder snapped off.
I've had to go from imperial to metric, and I understand I will need extensions to fill the gap.
The problem I have is that the new radiator sits further away from the wall than the old one did, it's on the shortest bracket option so there's not much I can do there.
Short of getting a plumber to cut the pipe and extend this a tiny bit I have decided to hack away at some of the plaster to see how much flex was in the pipes.
It turns out I can pull the pipe forward now and it should mate up with the rad connection, but obviously when I let go of this it will just spring back to where it is sat now.
My question is, can these copper pipes be pulled and connected like this? Or am I likely to put too much strain on it and cause it to leak? Without knowing how this pipe travels behind the wall or if it's a solid section or has elbows soldered to it leaves me in the dark.
Here's some pictures. Thanks.
I've had to go from imperial to metric, and I understand I will need extensions to fill the gap.
The problem I have is that the new radiator sits further away from the wall than the old one did, it's on the shortest bracket option so there's not much I can do there.
Short of getting a plumber to cut the pipe and extend this a tiny bit I have decided to hack away at some of the plaster to see how much flex was in the pipes.
It turns out I can pull the pipe forward now and it should mate up with the rad connection, but obviously when I let go of this it will just spring back to where it is sat now.
My question is, can these copper pipes be pulled and connected like this? Or am I likely to put too much strain on it and cause it to leak? Without knowing how this pipe travels behind the wall or if it's a solid section or has elbows soldered to it leaves me in the dark.
Here's some pictures. Thanks.