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by GazK
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:31 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: which replacement rad valve
Replies: 2
Views: 2383

Re: which replacement rad valve

Thanks, I'll give that a go. Sorry about the messed up links, not sure what happened there...
by GazK
Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:29 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: which replacement rad valve
Replies: 2
Views: 2383

which replacement rad valve

Apologies if this is a bit of a noob question, but: My mum has a Honeywell TRV on her radiator which has sheared off at the plastic fitting - here's whats left: [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u7eC7kISl2Q/UF9h6cVgQRI/AAAAAAAAG7s/a1rQuWm7xaA/s720/IMAG0397.jpg[/img] Here's the fitting it came ...
by GazK
Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:13 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: How and whether to fit tails to bath
Replies: 1
Views: 3050

How and whether to fit tails to bath

I have slowly been gaining in confidence at simple plumbing jobs and have reached level 2: able to fit a new tap (level one was waste traps!). I want to fit a new mixer tap to my bath. The current pipework runs all the way to the tap thread - see this photo: m So far, so boring. But I got caught out...
by GazK
Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:50 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

[quote="rosebery"]Yes - thats right.

Cheers[/quote]

OK, thanks, I'll check it out in a couple of days, when I've finished building the greenhouse :-) Let you know how I get on
by GazK
Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:43 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

[quote="rosebery"]With an unvented system and a three port valve the primary circuit goes from the boiler to the cylinder and back to the boiler again. It is normal (but by no means universal) for the towel rail to be on this circuit. The 3 port valve also on this circuit (as is the pump) ...
by GazK
Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

[quote="rosebery"]You will NOT need to drain the central heating system if the towel rail is on the primary circuit of a vented system which is normal.[/quote] Can I ask you to elaborate on this? Are you saying that the towel rail is on a different circuit to the other rads? Surely whateve...
by GazK
Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:26 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

plumbbob: thanks for the advice - I agree that a pipe move is better, and unfortunately I have the new radiator already, and I can't get a refund. Hindsight and all that :-( I've checked, and my system has a tank in the attic with an incoming expansion pipe and a ballcock. So it is open vent, correc...
by GazK
Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:09 am
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

[quote="stoneyboy"]GazK, Suggest you buy a couple of chromed compression elbows and new rad valves with a bit of chromed pipe. Drain the system and assemble to suit the new towel rail. end[/quote] Thanks for the quick response. OK, I'm going to do a couple of things then: - read up on drai...
by GazK
Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:36 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

How 2 fit new towel rail with different standoff to existing

I am a noob to this forum, a competent DIYer, but have no plumbing knowledge. I have an existing towel rail in the bathroom: m m Which is corroding at the joint with the tail: m I know I need to replace it, so I bought the nearest thing I could to my existing towel rail, thinking it would be a like-...
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