Towel Radiator Bleed Valve Query

[dark_knightuk]

Hey,

So I have this kind of Tower Rad installed:

https://victoriaplum.com/product/the-heating-co-santa-fe-traditional-radiator-952-x-659

As per the pictures attached it doesn't use the standard 1/2” BSP valve size, what is it using?

I am guessing it is a 1/4?


Cheers

 

[cross thread]

May be 3/8 th

 

[RandomGrinch]

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[oldbuffer]

1. Those "2 - G1/2" are the inlet and outlet, not the bleed screw.
2. The bleed screw has a standard square head to fit a standard radiator bleed key. This is set in the centre of a hexagonal bolt head.
3. What size the female thread into which the hexagonal headed bolt fits is anybody's guess. Could be 3/8" BSP, could be metric.
4. There should be no reason why you would ever want to undo that hexagonal bolt.

 

[CBW]

What’s wrong with the existing one?

 

[RandomGrinch]

Those "2 - G1/2" are the inlet and outlet, not the bleed screw.

Sorry, brain freeze!

 

[dark_knightuk]

So before we did the bathroom, the original rad would need bleeding on the regular. I put it down to a ****ty bathroom job and possibly shoddy pipe work.

Ripped the bathroom out re did the pipe work, and put in this new radiator.

I noticed that the very top bar still doesn't heat up properly and needs bleeding, so there is something causing an issue. Every other radiator in the house is fine. Got magna clean which is clean and lots of inhibitor in there as well.

So debating about taking out that whole bleed valve and putting an autovent valve? People either seem to like em or hate them, been reading reviews on them and they seem decent.

 

[Ihavenojob]

So before we did the bathroom, the original rad would need bleeding on the regular. I put it down to a ****ty bathroom job and possibly shoddy pipe work.

Ripped the bathroom out re did the pipe work, and put in this new radiator.

I noticed that the very top bar still doesn't heat up properly and needs bleeding, so there is something causing an issue. Every other radiator in the house is fine. Got magna clean which is clean and lots of inhibitor in there as well.

So debating about taking out that whole bleed valve and putting an autovent valve? People either seem to like em or hate them, been reading reviews on them and they seem decent.

Is the bleed on the bottom of the top rail? If so, you may always have some air in it.

 

[dark_knightuk]

Is the bleed on the bottom of the top rail? If so, you may always have some air in it.

The bleed valve is at the top right of the rad, facing downwards.

On the old rad it was on the top left, and ot would gradually get worse and sometimes it's be fine for a while.