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Just fitted a new towel radiator & it's not working ......

Looks good just one think you should of at least lagged or sleeved the pipes behind the tilles
 
I thought i was going to get pulled up for not using chrome pipe on the 30mm of pipe you can see.
 
Chrome covers are for amateurs !
I've drilled this with a 17mm hole cutter.
Check out the 1st picture.
Once thats filled filled cream grout it will finish it off lovely.

TBH, I'll probably paint the copper pipe in Silver paint - just to take the edge off it.

David
 
shut all the rads down in the house and try and push it through normally works. if not take the towel rail off and open one valve at a time and pull through the air like tht.
 
From your pics you obviously take a lot of pride in your work David. Some really nice jobs there.
Just need a bit of practice on the soldering.😉
 
@ Graham M - Yeah - still learning the ropes - it's all down to experience.
Decided to get qualified on the plumbing side of things.
In 3 months time i will have my City & Guilds in Plumbing.

You learn by your mistakes as they say.......

David
 
a4drk said:
Chrome covers are for amateurs !
I've drilled this with a 17mm hole cutter.
Check out the 1st picture.
Once thats filled filled cream grout it will finish it off lovely.

TBH, I'll probably paint the copper pipe in Silver paint - just to take the edge off it.

David
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Tip for you David. Use a dremmel and grind off the chrome that way you can use an endfeed to solder the chrome to the copper instead of worrying about a compression fitting and the hassle of making room for them. And no amatuer pipe covers
 
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i just use a file to remove enough chrome to go into an endfeed fitting to be able to solder it. hasn't failed me yet.
 

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