or not.
I stand back, sipping a cuppa thoughtfully provided by my lovely wife, admiring my two newly installed radiators sporting some of the most complex pipework and soldering I have ever dared attempt, and then it dawns on me.
I didn't put in any draincocks.....
Arghhhhhhh......
That's not to going to help the schedule slippage.
Ben
Can you not use these?
That looks like the answer to my similar problem. I have what will be several dead legs in my CH that will not drain. It's a historical evolution problem that I didn't notice taking place.
Thanks for that.
Dave
pipe and seals "from the outside" - fit and then take the drain plug off and drill a drain-hole through the pipe beneath.
I'd be surprised if modern materials couldn't make it work. Heck, you could even solder it I suppose. Maybe there's just no market for it.
cheers
Jules
And the alternative is
- been there, done it and have the T Shirt !!
Rob
If push came to shove
into hot n cold pipes as take-offs to the washing machine. I thought "I'll give 'em a week". They are still there, work fine and have never leaked.
... but personally I'd go with Screwfix 12381 as suggested.
David
Fixed it. I may have forgotten to add draincocks, but I did add isolating valves for each radiator. So I closed them off, closed off the rad valves, which left me with about a metre of pipe with water in it, instead of the entire upstairs circuit. Cut out a section, and remade it - with a draincock this time. Took a lot less time the second time round as I knew what I was doing, though admittedly the end result doesn't look *quite* as nice. However, we'll probably redecorate in a couple of years, so I'll have to pull the whole lot off the wall anyway....
Not seen those before - cheers. Could be very useful.
That looks like the answer to my problem. I very much need to drain down my CH to flush out the cleaner and get some inhibitor back in again.
Dave
If I had to do that, I would get a pro in. His insurance would pay out, not mine. The carpet was very expensive when we bought it.
Dave
But tarps are cheap.
But I couldn't tank the room quick enough. The leather suite would hold that up, as the radiator is tucked down the side of it where I want to fit the valve. :-(
Dave
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