Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed screws?
Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when we took all the
radiators off the walls for skimming.

Cheers,

Dave



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David Mason wrote:

Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed
screws? Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when
we took all the radiators off the walls for skimming.

Cheers,

Dave

I don't know about *just* the pin - but you could buy an air vent assembly
(such as Item 6915 from BES for 27p + VAT) and take the pin out of it. You
could probably buy something similar from any half-way-decent PM.
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"David Mason" wrote:
Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed screws?
Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when we took all
the radiators off the walls for skimming.

A decent plumbers merchant will probably have some but they are not a
standard thread size so it is probably easier to buy a new vent. Take the
vent with you so that you can check that the bleed screw has the same
thread, and if you can't get a bleed screw that fits then you can match your
old vent with a new one of the same diameter/thread.

"DIY" wrote in message ...
"David Mason" wrote:
Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed
screws? Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when we
took all the radiators off the walls for skimming.

A decent plumbers merchant will probably have some but they are not a
standard thread size so it is probably easier to buy a new vent. Take the
vent with you so that you can check that the bleed screw has the same
thread, and if you can't get a bleed screw that fits then you can match
your old vent with a new one of the same diameter/thread.

OK, thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

Cheers,

Dave



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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
DIY wrote:

"David Mason" wrote:
Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed
screws? Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when
we took all the radiators off the walls for skimming.

A decent plumbers merchant will probably have some but they are not a
standard thread size so it is probably easier to buy a new vent. Take
the vent with you so that you can check that the bleed screw has the
same thread, and if you can't get a bleed screw that fits then you
can match your old vent with a new one of the same diameter/thread.

Problem is that many radiators don't have a removeable vent fitting - the
screw goes straight into a tapped hole in the radiator body, like
http://www.mills37.plus.com/rolled_top.JPG [Note: the rad in the photo is an
old one which had been parked outside for a while. Those in current use
don't look like that!]

There may be variations in screw size/thread, but all the ones I've taken
out appear to be 2BA.
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
DIY wrote:

"David Mason" wrote:
Hi,

does anybody know if there's anywhere I can buy new radiator bleed
screws? Just the little square ended screws - one went missing when
we took all the radiators off the walls for skimming.

A decent plumbers merchant will probably have some but they are not a
standard thread size so it is probably easier to buy a new vent. Take
the vent with you so that you can check that the bleed screw has the
same thread, and if you can't get a bleed screw that fits then you
can match your old vent with a new one of the same diameter/thread.

Problem is that many radiators don't have a removeable vent fitting - the
screw goes straight into a tapped hole in the radiator body, like
http://www.mills37.plus.com/rolled_top.JPG [Note: the rad in the photo is
an old one which had been parked outside for a while. Those in current use
don't look like that!]

There may be variations in screw size/thread, but all the ones I've taken
out appear to be 2BA.

I didn't check to see if they are removeable - I'll look tonight. If not
I'll bear that size in mind Roger.

Thanks,

Dave



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