What search term should I be using to find a *decorators blanking plug* for my CH system?
Decorators arrived unexpectedly yesterday and wanted two radiators off the walls. The TRVs seemed to be holding on the frost setting until
I had tried the 5 pence piece trick but they don't fit 20 year old Myson valves!
In message , Tim Lamb writes
1/2" blanking nut?
The leaflet supplied with mine refers to the "manual commissioning cap"
Ah - the items that the installers throw away!
!! It would be a long while before I thought of that:-)
Screwfix have 5 1/2" blank nuts at St. Albans.
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That's not a nice way to describe their staff...
with candle wax around it? funny old things water hammer. The flats where we have our studio suddenly started on which made the whole block sound like it was under attack from a very large hammer drill. Eventually traced to a valve in a shower room on the ground floor. Brian
Not sure I'd trust an old TRV to be totally leak free.
I'd use a stop end which should screw into the output of the valve and give a seal.
Other way for just papering is to slacken the rad and hinge it down flat, supporting it on wood blocks etc.
Only three now. Interesting location. Screwfix, Toolsatan, Wickes, Homebase. All within the distance I used to be able to throw a cricket ball.
>In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
OK Job done. The Mysons have yet to leak but they jam as well as anything else.
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