22mm - 22mm - 10mm Tee

[mcbrien410]

Just been to B & Q and couldn't find a 22mm - 22mm - 10mm. Tee fitting. Do they still exist or is my B&Q a crap stockist? I only fitted my C/H system back in 1983.

Chris.

[Dave]

One of these:

one of these:

takes you to Screwfix website)

Hope this helps.

Dave

[Andy Hall]

I am not sure that they do.

Try a 22x22x15 and then a reducer in the 15mm branch

[Chris Bacon]

Yes, whichever you meant.

Maybe. Try a plumbers merchant.

[Christian McArdle]

I don't think I've ever seen one. I'd use a 22/22/15 tee and a 15/10 fitting reducer.

Christian.

[Dave Fawthrop]

| [e-mail] wrote: |> Just been to B & Q and couldn't find a 22mm - 22mm - 10mm. Tee |> fitting. |> Do they still exist or is my B&Q a crap stockist? |> I only fitted my C/H system back in 1983. |>

|One of these: | |

||and one of these: | |||(tinyurl takes you to Screwfix website)

My local *real* plumbers merchant has everything I could possible think of, End Feed, Yorkshire or Compression. I just have to ask, they are very amiable even to obvious armatures.

[Christian McArdle]

Having just checked, Yorkshire themselves do produce a 22/22/10 tee, so they are still manufactured, if you can find them. In fact, they do 22mm reducing tees to 8mm, 10mm, 12mm and 15mm.

Christian.

[mcbrien410]

I'll photograph one. I'll try the larger B & Q. One is called Warehouse and one is called Depot.

Back in 1983 I ran two 22mm. feed and return as far as I could and then just 'Teed' the radiators between the two. As the feed pipes were only ten inches from the wall it was easy to hand bend the 10mm. tails upto the radiators.

Chris.

[Roger Mills (aka Set Square)]

Try BES item 10002

[Ed Sirett]

There are dozens of ways to make a reducing T. Just don't expect to find the bits at a shed (unless maybe, just maybe, it's an Orange B&Q warehouse).

It is possible to buy (but not from ordinary B&Qs) 22mm Ts with one or two openings in 15mm. However I would tend to use a 22-15 reducer and 15-10 reducer as needed.

For compression joints you can get 'reducing sets' which substitute the large olive for a fitting which takes the smaller pipe. In principle you could use a 22/15 and 15/10 together but I've not tried it. It might easily over tighten the 10mm olive before it sealed on the 22mm.

[Andy Hall]

Reducing sets seem to have a tendency to incontinence.

Adaptors with solder is the way forward

[Dave Plowman (News)]

INMO, use the correct fitting. More joints mean the possibility of more leaks, and cost more.

[Andy Hall]

Assuming you can get one... I notice that BES has one, but I couldn't get this size in plumbers merchants except to order.

[Harv]

Hi,

We have them in stock - see... probably too late now!

in solder ring.

Regards,

Harv

[<me9]

Looks suspiciously like 15mm in the picture.

[Harv]

The picture is one for all reducing tees - there's also a couple of 22X15X15 in the pictures as well.

The product actually is 22X10X22!

Regards,

Harv