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adding new radiator

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:29 am
by geoff1057
hi ,i want to put a radiator in the conservatory, we have a bedroom radiator right above, can i break into the pipework and using speedfit , [i]run the pipes down the cavity[/i], only a matter of about 8ft.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:21 pm
by stoneyboy
geoff1057,
Yes but run the pipes down the surface of the wall not in the cavity.
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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:07 pm
by htg engineer
15mm - yes, anything else (8/10mm) - no.

You would be better teeing into 22mm flow and return. As you may have problems balancing the radiators, and they wont heat the rooms as quick as the other rads.


htg