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The Medway Handyman · 2008-08-20T21:55:02+00:00

Just been changing all my rad valves for TRV's & new lock shields. System has been in for 28 years + to my knowledge, rads in perfect condition, not a spot of rust anywhere.Original plan was to use the existing rad tails (for the lock shields) and the existing nuts & olives on the supply/return pipework.Couldn't use either. The rad tails wouldn't fit the new lock shield valves, did up a few turns but you could feel they weren't 'right'.Nuts & olives on the existing pipes were even worse, did up half a turn & stopped, no chance of sealing.In the end I replaced all the rad tails & supply/return pipe connectors. Thank the Lord for olive pullers, large allen keys & percussive maintenance..Once loose I tried the threads & they definitely weren't right.Have they changed thread sizes/pitches in the last 28 years?

Aug 20, 2008 21 Replies

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Simon Finnigan 17 years ago

Check out the cheap HP Proliant ML115 and ML110 servers doing the rounds at the moment, they come with RAID5 on the motherboard and cost about £115 delivered.

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dave.batter 17 years ago

I have used Second Copy for years does the trick

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