Cast iron rad tails affixing

[Bogart]

I have seen the original Acova feet, ie the adjustable height ones and they to my mind look quite ugly, Cannot say I impressed by the later version either. As for the feet that Screwfix/ Toolstation sell which vary as to how many columns there are look so flimsy. Hence my decision to go for these 3rd party ones which I will probably incorporate with a couple of wall hooks to give the rad stability.

 

[CHRISX]

Not sure why the 2 entries above appeared. I respect your views re the testing, always best to err on the side of caution. My method is to fill the rad with water with the orange handle valve closed. Then gradually open it once the compressor is ready. Increasing the pressure in 1 bar increments until I have the desired test pressure then close the orange valve. My opinion is then that there is actually very little actual air in the rad. As the cast iron rad are rated at 6bar but have supposedly been tested at 10 bar I only keep the 5 bar on for about 30 minutes. I will then drop it to 2 bar and leave overnight. Testing with water does help in indicating where, if any ,the leaks are.
Regarding the feet they are white to match the radiator. This is not the same rads as I have been testing.

Hello Bogart,

Thanks for replying to my message.

I did ask whether You were filling the Radiator with water and the pressurising it with Compressed Air - as I am sure you know that is a FAR Safer method than using just Compressed Air.

You are correct that there would not be much Air in the Radiator on your Tests because you can pressurise a volume of water but it cannot be compressed.

IF You did use just Compressed Air at quite a high pressure and there was an Air leak you would definitely be able to hear where it was coming from.

Your Testing method seems perfectly acceptable - I hope that you were not offended by my questions and comments - I was also thinking about future readers of your thread / messages regarding my `Safety concerns`.

Chris

 

[Bogart]

Heck no offence taken at all . Water makes sense not only from the safety point of view. If there is a leak and say one looked at it after a few hours and the pressure has gone at least with water one would know from whence it came.