fitting rad to existing pipework

[gazzah]

hi
i've got pipe work in place for a new radiator the measurement between the two pipes is 575mm.will i be about to get a radiator to fit this without doing any pipe work modification.if so what size rad would fit these measurements.
many thanks gary

[gucciman]

impossible to say, you need to take your measurements to a good plumbers merchants and ask them

[J.JJ]

I agree with gucciman it is hard to say.

You can however get radiator extenders which are tubular extention pieces that fit between the radiator valves and the radiator body.
They allow you to fit slightly smaller radiators between fixed pipework and are usually used where an imperial size radiator is replaced by a metric size radiator and the pipework is fixed in a solid concrete floor.
These extenders come in a range of lengths ie :- 25mm, 30mm,40mm etc.
For further information visit a good plumbers merchant.

A word of warning, don't buy telescopic extenders which will adjust over a range of 30 to 60mm, the water seal in them consists of a simple 0 ring seal, the chances of it failing are quite high and not worth taking.

[heathfield]

Your priority for size of radiator should be based on the heat output you need, not the distance between pipes.
10mm piping would be relatively easy to connect from your existing pipes to the new radiator, whatever its size, using widely available adapters.

[gazzah]

thanks for your answers. i've just phoned the local plumbers merchants and they have said that the extensions should be able to do you.the room is a bathroom and the radiator size that i can get will be adequate for there
thanks again
Gazza