In article op.wa9yhw1tytk5n5@i7-940,
"Lieutenant Scott" writes:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:39:03 -0000, Alan Braggins wrote:

In article o.uk, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:20:12 -0000, Lieutenant Scott wrote:

The new radiator which came with brackets had no such plastic, and I
don't think any of the existing ones do either.

Can't say I've ever seen any plastci bits on the brackets or hoops on
the back of radiators either.

Mine came with little plastic clip on bits for the bracket.

I'm not convinced those would last long with the weight of the radiator and the sharpness of the metal brackets.

Sometimes the radiator does cut through them - has happened to one of
mine, but the other 8 or so have lasted 10 years so far (or at least,
don't make expansion/contraction noises), and 4 of them are heavy
triple panel radiators. (The ones that's failed is a double.)

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