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daveshipway
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Joined: 26 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: leaking radiator valve |
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Hi,
One of the radiators in our house has a valve that seems to have a slight leak. Water is dripping very slowly from the spindle at the top of the valve. Here is a picture of it:
I am wondering if this is something I can attend to myself or if I need to get a plumber in. I have tried tightening the nut at the top of the valve, but this doesn't seem to make any difference. I have read that it is possible to undo the nut at the top of the valve and wrap PTFE tape around the thread inside - is this correct ? If I do this do I need to drain down the radiator ? Incidently the name on the top of the cap
(which I removed for the photo) is "Belmont" if that makes any difference.
Many thanks in advance,
Dave |
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Steve the Gas
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Joined: 30 May 2008
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Location: Notts/Derbys
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:43 am Post subject: |
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No chap the valve could do with replacing - which means a drain down if you are up for it.
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danjo-xx
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Joined: 30 Oct 2008
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Location: Waterford Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Steve the Gas wrote: |
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No chap the valve could do with replacing - which means a drain down if you are up for it.
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I thought that valves could be replaced without having to drain down the system by cold freezing the pipe first with that stuff you get in an aerosol can. As far as I know it would give you up to 30 minutes to complete the job.
I've never seen the stuff being used myself though. |
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