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[saintydad]

My wife has decided a new radiator is required ,my problem is that the one she has chosen is 100mm smaller than the old one,Now i have changed radiators before but it has always been like for like.Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

[acsimpson]

You can buy extended radiator tails to fit situations like this. They aren't cheap but can save a lot of hassle reworking your pipework.

[saintydad]

Thank you acsimpson for your advice ,but as nothing is easy with my wife ,she came home with a new radiator as last posted , but the pipes feed into the bottom and not the sides ,so i dont know if i can get extensions with a bend or would i be able to use compression joints with 90 * bend along with the extensions previously mentioned. Once again any help would be great Thank you.