Help - I need one of these :/

[Estrella]

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• Estrella
• 17 Jan 2009
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Hi folks , I need one of the above , on a Sunday!

The one in the pic is 15 > 10mm reducer, but mine is smaller on the narrower end , I would have said 8mm. It fits on microbore CH pipe. I can't even see any on Screwfix's website! Any advice please because I can't run my heating without it .

Oh, and I have tried BQ and Wickes.

 

[twgas]

I've got some in the van' if you're desperate enough - pop round and you can have one.

 

[gremlin16]

I have some depend how far you want to travel

 

[mogget]

If it were me, I would try (please note, try) using a short bit of 10mm tube as a sleeve over the end of the 8mm, ie

8mm pipe --> (solder) --> 10mm sleeve --> (solder) --> 15x10mm reducer.

I would use lead solder.

I have no idea whether this would be recommended practice, but would give it a go if I were stuck.

 

[Mr Smyth]

B&Q sell microbore. maybe only in compression.

 

[kirkgas]

go to B&Q, you might not get exactly what you want in yorkshire, you might get a compression one and get a 15mm compression straight coupling, but if you are desperate you could buy a thermostatic valve which has a 15x10 and a 15x8 compression reducer in it, depends how cold you are

 

[ChrisR]

You can soften copper by getting it red hot (then you can quench it in cold water), and you can enlarge a tube by hammering something like a drill bit into it. Might be enough to make things fit.

 

[Estrella]

B&Q sell microbore. maybe only in compression.

Mine doesn't

You can soften copper by getting it red hot (then you can quench it in cold water), and you can enlarge a tube by hammering something like a drill bit into it. Might be enough to make things fit.

I tried to reshape the damaged reduced I have and that didnt go well

go to B&Q, you might not get exactly what you want in yorkshire, you might get a compression one and get a 15mm compression straight coupling, but if you are desperate you could buy a thermostatic valve which has a 15x10 and a 15x8 compression reducer in it, depends how cold you are

Cheapest I could see,assuming i was looking at the right thing was just short of 50 notes

I've got some in the van' if you're desperate enough - pop round and you can have one.

Hmm, I'm in North Wales , and you are in Kent. THanks anyway.



Is there really nowhere that sell 8mm kit ? I'm gobsmacked

 

[ChrisR]

Camping shops do, also boaty suppliers.

 

[Estrella]

Camping shops do, also boaty suppliers.

Sorry Chris, were you taking the pee or being serious ? Do they normally stock the exact part I am after ?

 

[namsag]

19390 screwfix cat number you have to buy a pack of them at £8.32

or wickes product code 194628 for soldered one

 

[Estrella]

19390 screwfix cat number you have to buy a pack of them at £8.32

or wickes product code 194628 for soldered one

Thank God for that that. Cheers Namsag, I just hope their trade counter has them in stock! I put 15mm x 8mm into the search box and they never came up

Cheers fella's

 

[ChrisR]

ANy plumber's merchant will have them, but caravans and boats use small copper and you might find one open at a weekend.

 

[kirkgas]

Boxcleva, dont know what you were looking at that cost £50 but i would thing a thermostatic rad valve would be about £15, a 15mm compression straight coupling a couple of quid, and a compression reducer about a couple of quid as well, when in B&Q look at the gas fire installation parts you will find 8mm stuff there
PS part no 17597 from BES is a 15x10 compression coupling £0.61

 

[Estrella]

Didnt realise you were talking about a TRV Kirk. I have bought a few of these recently from different places and they never came with a 15>8mm reducer

PS part no 17597 from BES is a 15x10 compression coupling £0.61

Dont understand that mate. I am after 8mm ? Appologies If I am being thick