Screwfix lockshields + TRVs

One other thing - I haven't yet found any drain valves in my system (on radiators or visible pipework). I assume there would be on on the boiler (on the kitchen wall) - but the downstairs pipework runs under the floor, and I've not seen any valve running to the outside, so how can I drain the lowest part of the system?

When I put TRVs onto the radiators in the spring, is it worth putting in some radiator valves with drain off (Screwfix 11074-72) even when the pipework is lower than the radiators in places?

Thanks

No.

David,

Considering that good valves are not expensive why skimp on them? A weeping valve is a pain to fix once youv'e finished all the decorating even though it is a simple job in a bare room where spills don't matter.

You tend to get what you pay for !

Andrew Mawson

Well, 6 lockshields @ £4.99, 1 normal valve @ £4.99 and 5 TRV's @ £8.99 is £79.88. At the cheaper price for everything, its £33.98, under half the price.

I hadn't expected any to leak though - obviously, if their quality is so poor as to suspect a leak, then I wouldn't go for them.

True - though sometimes you do pay for a name - and I wasn't sure if it was the case with these fittings.

Thanks

When I moved the CH pump from downstairs (GF) to airing cupboard Fully pumped) I put a drain valve in the gap. Draing the system I just used to let the water run out into the space under the house.

Might be worth looking for a loose floorboard or access point or something. Just a thought.

You what? You could damage your foundations doing that.

Good grief!

The first time you have to drain down the system to replace a faulty TRV you'lll regret fitting decent stuff... The Pegler ones are very good. I just fitted 5. They were on special offer at Plumbase inc the lockshield valve in the pack they were under a tenner a pack.

And the £10-12 to refill with Sentinel inhibitor.

Buying cheap radiator valves, be they lockshields or TRVs really is a false economy.

The better quality lockshields like the Pegler range are certainly worth the money, as are the better quality TRVs such as Drayton or Invensys.

The longer lifetimes as well as the reduction in leaks that always seem to happen from cheap valves more than compensate the difference.

.andy

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Not necessarily true, and possibly not at all. Old wifes tale even. About

Alan