Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000, TheOldFellow
wrote:

Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.

All my valves on a 10mm system use 15mm valves with the tails between
valve and floor being of 15mm pipe as I think they look better .I
don't see how you can use 10mm piping without either doing what I have
done or using a 10-15 fitting( or buying a 10mm one)...what's wrong
with 10-15 fittings anyway ?

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:33:40 +0000, Usenet Nutter wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000, TheOldFellow
wrote:

Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.

All my valves on a 10mm system use 15mm valves with the tails between
valve and floor being of 15mm pipe as I think they look better .I
don't see how you can use 10mm piping without either doing what I have
done or using a 10-15 fitting( or buying a 10mm one)...what's wrong
with 10-15 fittings anyway ?

With a solder 10F-15M fitting, all the 15 part fits inside the valve/nut
and you don't see any of it anyway, so I don't see a problem either, unless
it's just getting hold of one.

SteveW

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:54:12 +0000
Steve Walker wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:33:40 +0000, Usenet Nutter wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000, TheOldFellow
wrote:

Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.

All my valves on a 10mm system use 15mm valves with the tails between
valve and floor being of 15mm pipe as I think they look better .I
don't see how you can use 10mm piping without either doing what I have
done or using a 10-15 fitting( or buying a 10mm one)...what's wrong
with 10-15 fittings anyway ?

With a solder 10F-15M fitting, all the 15 part fits inside the valve/nut
and you don't see any of it anyway, so I don't see a problem either, unless
it's just getting hold of one.

SteveW

Yeah, it's a 50 mile round trip. Our bridges are all still out after
the floods in November.
R.

In article , TheOldFellow
writes
Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

A 15mm to 10mm reducing set will do the job, they replace the 15mm olive
and seal on the 10mm pipe and the 15mm fitting faces when the original
nut is tightened. Usually in 3 parts with a mild Krypton factor moment
when working out how they go together. Code 9037 on
http://www.bes.co.uk/products/142b.asp or from any plumbers' merchant.
--
fred
BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:49:00 +0000, fred wrote:

In article , TheOldFellow
writes
Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

A 15mm to 10mm reducing set will do the job, they replace the 15mm olive
and seal on the 10mm pipe and the 15mm fitting faces when the original
nut is tightened. Usually in 3 parts with a mild Krypton factor moment
when working out how they go together. Code 9037 on
http://www.bes.co.uk/products/142b.asp or from any plumbers' merchant.

Don't see how that is much better than soldering on a fitting reducer
at 12p each ( BES 6787 I think) . A couple of my rads have them and
you can hardly notice them but I still prefer to solder on a length of
15mm between rad and floor and means you don't have to try and get the
10mm exactly straight . .

"Usenet Nutter" wrote

Don't see how that is much better than soldering on a fitting reducer
at 12p each ( BES 6787 I think) .

No soldering required with a simple reducing set, nor the requirement of
buying any 15mm pipe.

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:33:35 -0000, "Davey" wrote:

"Usenet Nutter" wrote

Don't see how that is much better than soldering on a fitting reducer
at 12p each ( BES 6787 I think) .

No soldering required with a simple reducing set, nor the requirement of
buying any 15mm pipe.

Maybe so but it's just another option for the OP so now he has three.

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000, TheOldFellow wrote:

Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.

A...
--
Peter.
2x4 - thick plank; 4x4 - two of 'em.

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:20:03 +0000
TheOldFellow wrote:

Just drove 25 miles to get a 10mm lock-shield valve (amongst other
things). Got home to find it's a 15mm one. B....r Should have gone
to Toolstation.

How can I adapt a 15mm lock-shield for 10mm pipe (prettily, without a
10 to 15 fitting)?

R.



The solution (which didn't need the 50 mile round trip drive to replace
the valve, or buy a reducer - or the wait till Monday when
Screwstation or Toolfix might deliver) was to check my scrap pile. A
10mm valve found - just needed a new olive, so the 15mm one goes to
'stock'.

I was prepared to bodge a bit of 15mm pipe to a 10mm tail with strips
of copper and plenty of solder I think it could have been done.

R.

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:18:06 +0000, TheOldFellow
wrote:

I was prepared to bodge a bit of 15mm pipe to a 10mm tail with strips
of copper and plenty of solder I think it could have been done.

Eh? Thought you wanted it to be pretty !!

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:58:13 +0000
Usenet Nutter wrote:

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:18:06 +0000, TheOldFellow
wrote:

I was prepared to bodge a bit of 15mm pipe to a 10mm tail with strips
of copper and plenty of solder I think it could have been done.

Eh? Thought you wanted it to be pretty !!

You have not seen my wiped solder joints!

R.