"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2007-04-15, ARWadsworth wrote:

As to useful connectors I made a length of hose up with 3/4 BSP
connections
so that when I remove radiators I can bypass the leaking rad valve
without
having to drain the system

Sorry to be a bit dim, but can you explain how that works?


Sometimes when I remove a radiator one of the valves still leaks even when
turned off (and in the case of TRVs with no locking cap I worry about the
temperature dropping and the valve opening). It is just a hose with 3/4 BSP
connectors (and two 1/2 BSP adaptors if needed) that fits between the two
rad valves. I really should have used blanks but did not have any at the
time so made the hose up instead. This hose also serves the dual purpose of
allowing me to drain the system later and replace the dodgy valve.

Adam