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Background - I'm a DIYer but am comfortable with draining down systems, adding radiators and using flux and solder etc.
So I've inherited an old system in our house with a 28mm old-style MagnaClean on the return. Both isolation valves are knackered (common fault the internet tells me!) so I've decided to change the filter rather than just both the isolation valves.
I like the look of the Trappex Centramag 2 as it supposedly captures non-magnetic crud as well. However, this requires a 115mm cutout rather than the 188mm cutout of the Magnaclean. There's plenty of space vertically but not horizontally between the pipes (see pic - flow is the left pipe, return is the middle and gas supply to the boiler is on the right). What would you seasoned pros do in this situation - extend the return pipe a little with a piece of copper and a soldered coupler, just install a MagnaClean 2 (which hopefully uses the same pipe cutout size) or something else?
Thanks!
So I've inherited an old system in our house with a 28mm old-style MagnaClean on the return. Both isolation valves are knackered (common fault the internet tells me!) so I've decided to change the filter rather than just both the isolation valves.
I like the look of the Trappex Centramag 2 as it supposedly captures non-magnetic crud as well. However, this requires a 115mm cutout rather than the 188mm cutout of the Magnaclean. There's plenty of space vertically but not horizontally between the pipes (see pic - flow is the left pipe, return is the middle and gas supply to the boiler is on the right). What would you seasoned pros do in this situation - extend the return pipe a little with a piece of copper and a soldered coupler, just install a MagnaClean 2 (which hopefully uses the same pipe cutout size) or something else?
Thanks!
