Sorry this is probably a daft question but i'm going to ask it anyway. We had our old central heating system (back boiler with immersion tank) pulled out and a new combi boiler fitted a few weeks back. While the engineer was fitting the new system I asked if he could run us a new loop for the garage. We're due to start work on converting the garage into a habitable room next week so it made sense to have the pipework in place for the garage. I've just gone to look at the new loop/pipework and can see he's left us a long coil of 10mm plastic piping in the corning of the garage.
Couple of questions if I may:
- We'll be fitting the new rad with trv's. What would be the quickest & easiest way to plumb it in? Can you put 10mm plastic straight into rad valves or do you need to go to coper first? At the moment i'm thinking a pair of 10mm plastic to 15mm coper elbows under the floorboards. Then using a few very short lengths of 15mm coper into the trvs? Is there a easier way to do this?
- The new loop appears to be live as he's not added valves. I guess i'll have to drain the whole system, cut the loop/pipe and run them to the new radiator. Once I've cut the loop, does one act as a feed (ie: have the trv) and the other act as a outlet (normal lock shield valve)? How do you tell which is which?
Couple of questions if I may:
- We'll be fitting the new rad with trv's. What would be the quickest & easiest way to plumb it in? Can you put 10mm plastic straight into rad valves or do you need to go to coper first? At the moment i'm thinking a pair of 10mm plastic to 15mm coper elbows under the floorboards. Then using a few very short lengths of 15mm coper into the trvs? Is there a easier way to do this?
- The new loop appears to be live as he's not added valves. I guess i'll have to drain the whole system, cut the loop/pipe and run them to the new radiator. Once I've cut the loop, does one act as a feed (ie: have the trv) and the other act as a outlet (normal lock shield valve)? How do you tell which is which?
