Small radiator fixed pipe.

[Notadiyperson]

Does look right to anyone?! Yes I bought smaller radiators had no choice to the imperial metric issue but I thought my plumber could add extension …. Confused as to why he did not …

 

[thomp1983]

If your painting the copper then for me that will look better than a fairly long chrome tail extension on each end

 

[foxhole]

Could have taken a board up and aligned pipes, did you ask him too?
Could have purchases inline valves , did you discuss before purchase?

 

[Scally-Ho]

It is probably an industry given that this type of quick fitting of a replacement radiator is acceptable, but not to my eyes or the fact that 2 x 90-degree elbows so close together will cause flow disturbance. If the fitter was rushed and/or could not be bothered to lift the floor, then at the very least he could have cut lower and then pulled an offset on his bender and used one st coupling, which would have made a far neater and more system friendly job. He/she would not have gotten away with it if I were paying A lack of pride in work produced seems to have gone by the wayside these days

EDITED for a PS .. pumped heating systems are too forgiving and also allow fitters to get away with shoddy work. Before fully pumped systems when gravity heating relied on thermosyphon, great thought had to be exercised by pipe fitters.

 

[Justin Passing]

To the OP, if moving the pipe under the floor wasn't possible for some reason , I'd have expected the same as you. You can get brass rad extensions which would be better for painting than the chrome ones.
What you have looks naff to say the least - the worst option. I woudn't worry about the flow, it's very slow. A TRV has a hole only about 4-5mm for the water to go through.
Yer man could have a look, and possibly move the two elbows to under the floor!

 

[Elsa TLC]

Its shocking.
My only guess is the plumber that you thought was a plumber, isn't a Plumber. A decent Plumber would have lifted the floor to renew with a straight pipe. Or the Plumber would have used a rad extension.

 

[Elsa TLC]

It is probably an industry given that this type of quick fitting of a replacement radiator is acceptable, but not to my eyes or the fact that 2 x 90-degree elbows so close together will cause flow disturbance. If the fitter was rushed and/or could not be bothered to lift the floor, then at the very least he could have cut lower and then pulled an offset on his bender and used one st coupling, which would have made a far neater and more system friendly job. He/she would not have gotten away with it if I were paying A lack of pride in work produced seems to have gone by the wayside these days

EDITED for a PS .. pumped heating systems are too forgiving and also allow fitters to get away with shoddy work. Before fully pumped systems when gravity heating relied on thermosyphon, great thought had to be exercised by pipe fitters.

He/she or Other........

 

[Elsa TLC]

Ive seen worse. People claim to be plumbers because of the ease of push fit or even compression. At least this monkey could solder.