Hi all,
Earlier today I was trying to get a few floorboards up to get access and one of the 15mm pipes came out of its brass tee connector with the ensuing wet face and mad panic that a bar of water can give you. I popped a bucket under the fountain (it was pointing ceiling way) and ran down and drained the boiler down to zero to stop the flow. All shops are shut of course now, but so I am prepared for tomorrow, I was hoping I could get some advice:
1) I have (hopefully) attached a picture of what went wrong. The white (painted Copper) pipe popped out of the top of the tee connector, and the arrow shows that it is now definitely not going to get back in there securely. I don't know if it is on the hot or the cold side, but it has the TRV connected to it if that helps? We pretty much don't have the system on at all at present as it's not really got cold yet, so luckily I got a face full of cold water.
2) In terms of temporarily fixing this until I can get a permanent solution in place, I was thinking of trying to attach a compression stop end which I can pickup tomorrow. Will this work / is this sensible?
3) In terms of the plan for this pipe, I want to re-route the piping to move the radiator about a meter away from where it current is. With tee connectors, do they always need to be pointing to the side as you look at them, or could the tee bit be pointing down towards the floor? I ask this as I want to run the pipe down towards the floor, though two beams and then up at the right spot. If I point it sideways I will need to lift a load more floorboards / cut through lot more beams. In essence, does it matter which way the tee bit points or must it point to the side?
Thanks for any pointers you can give.
Earlier today I was trying to get a few floorboards up to get access and one of the 15mm pipes came out of its brass tee connector with the ensuing wet face and mad panic that a bar of water can give you. I popped a bucket under the fountain (it was pointing ceiling way) and ran down and drained the boiler down to zero to stop the flow. All shops are shut of course now, but so I am prepared for tomorrow, I was hoping I could get some advice:
1) I have (hopefully) attached a picture of what went wrong. The white (painted Copper) pipe popped out of the top of the tee connector, and the arrow shows that it is now definitely not going to get back in there securely. I don't know if it is on the hot or the cold side, but it has the TRV connected to it if that helps? We pretty much don't have the system on at all at present as it's not really got cold yet, so luckily I got a face full of cold water.
2) In terms of temporarily fixing this until I can get a permanent solution in place, I was thinking of trying to attach a compression stop end which I can pickup tomorrow. Will this work / is this sensible?
https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/compression-stop-ends-15mm-2-pack/65021
3) In terms of the plan for this pipe, I want to re-route the piping to move the radiator about a meter away from where it current is. With tee connectors, do they always need to be pointing to the side as you look at them, or could the tee bit be pointing down towards the floor? I ask this as I want to run the pipe down towards the floor, though two beams and then up at the right spot. If I point it sideways I will need to lift a load more floorboards / cut through lot more beams. In essence, does it matter which way the tee bit points or must it point to the side?
Thanks for any pointers you can give.