On 1 Oct, 17:11, "John" wrote:
"David Robinson" wrote in message

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Not sure which of these might be any good.

Found these...
diagram:
http://www.myson.co.uk/downloads/Matchmate.pdf
pictu
http://www.uk-plumbing.com/Myson-Mat...eld-Drain-Off-...
cheaper:
http://www.heatandplumbtastic.com/ma...ed-15mm-drain-...
or
http://www.heatingproductstogo.co.uk/page11.html

And the more basic ones like this:
http://www.ukhps.co.uk/cosmos-radiat...-off-8-10-or-1...
http://www.onplumb.com/trade-save-15...ield-wheel-hea...
etc etc

The Myson method of draining looks a bit of a faff, but that mechanism
makes them slightly smaller than the basic ones.

I care about what they look like, but care about buying something
that's reliable / doesn't leak / will work when I need it to.

Given that I need 10-14 of the things (not sure every radiator needs
one, or has the space for one), cheap would be good too.

Anyone got any experience with either of these? Or others?

Cheers,
David.

Remember that the radiator will be at pressure so you cant prevent it from
****ing out some water by just closing the valves and the air vent.

I have these and the screwdriver operated drain seems good - you can have a
hose fitted to the drain end.

http://www.plumbingsupplyservices.co...std_valve.html

Do you think it matters, if I go for those, that the space between the
radiator and pipe will now be different than for anything else on the
market? Probably not enough to matter - but it would be a shame to
have to move the pipes if I needed to change a broken lockshield down
the line. Sometimes pipes won't stretch where you want!

I realise now I have a really stupid question: do people PTFE the
connections, or use boss white, or just hope? I'm asking about both
the screw thread into the radiator, and the compression-ish fitting
between the other end of that and the valve itself.

Cheers,
David.