How to correctly measure a radiator for replacement
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- Need to replace your radiator and not sure how to measure it? The correct place to measure a radiator and what to do if the radiator you are changing it with is not the same size. Telescopic extending radiator valve connectors can make up any shortfall.
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Love it when you find a video that gets straight to the point in explaining the exact thing you needed explained. Nice one!👍🏻
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That was a top video. I was not aware of the existence of extending union valves and was contemplating pulling up floorboards! Thank you.
Such a sensible and practical RUclips video. I thoroughly recommend it.
Six years later this video still serving the public. Great advice done well. Top man.
Some jobs remain the same.
@@dereton33 It's now *nine* years later. Top man and top cat!
Thank you!! I was about to call a plumber to help me fit a smaller rad! I had no idea those unions were available! Now I can change the rad myself!! Excellent video! Second time you've helped me this weekend!
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All your videos are so straightforward & helpful! You've saved me a lot of head-scratching and headaches. Thank you! Love Shadow, the plumber's apprentice :D
Thanks, I have to say Shadow`s a great apprentice.
Really helpful. I'm ordering a replacement rad today and that makes it so clear. I loved your cat's insistence on gate crashing your vid! Jenny
Jenny Yes our cat shadow loves to be in on the action. Al.
So glad I watched this, been searching for ages for a specific (non-metric) size, now I know what to do! Not been able to make any progress with our bathroom refurb plus the old rad is worryingly rusty along the bottom...Thanks for posting and I love the guest appearance from your little helper :D
You are so welcome!. Ps she always puts in a guest appearance, ha ha.
Like many people already commented. Simple and straightforward explanation. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for posting this, right to the point and incredibly helpful, even answering what would have been my follow up google searches. Thanks!
You're very welcome!
Just realised, whenever I look up a basic plumbing video I end up watching yours so finally subbed, thanks
Awesome! Thank you!
Very useful short film, extremely grateful....and of course 'shadow' is now immortalised on film! Thanks, Chris
Shadow is a natural ha ha.
Brilliant! To the point and finally someone who gives proper solutions to everyday common problems! 👏🏼
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Proper video with a proper direct answer and solution as I am replacing old for new. Top man top video 👍
Thanks Kirk.
Nice one Al and the gorgeous Shadow. Hope you and Jan have a brilliant Christmas!
Thanks Jim, have a good Christmas too.
Brilliantly explained. Wasn’t expecting the bit on imperial sizes - I am changing an imperial sized rad which is around 960mm wide so guess I better go for a 950 or 900mm. Thanks for the tutorial!
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Your videos are always spot on straight to the point & informative not full of pointless rubbish like many others are well done 👍
Thanks Jeremy.
This guy is legend…the amount off money I have saved and the diy knowledge I have learned is mostly down to him. Great guy folks…I wholeheartedly thank him for his videos
Thanks for your kind comments, pleased I could help
Absolutely great video. Straight to the chase and was understandable which is a miracle these days.
Thanks
Excellent video. I have the issue of an old radiator and had no idea about an extending union. Thank you.
Thank you.
just re decorating mrs wants fancy new rads so came here to see how i get a proper idea how to measure for new ones... cheers mate...
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Thanks mate- nice plain English! Got an old rad under a window and when our cat wanted to go out of the window, as I opened it in bare feet I noticed the carpet was wet and the rad was leaking so thanks to Maisie, or I wouldn't have spotted it. Cats and plumbing? Well good combo for me- just have to replace the rad now! Cheers again.
Good luck with it Gary.
great video thank you. i didn't know about those extending union parts but they solve my dilemma in changing old rads for new and could save me a great deal of cash. good on you mate
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Thanks for the tip.
I recently decided to change a towel rail in a property I rent out. I measured centre of pipe to centre of pipe thinking this was correct. the plumber had actually said it's 600mm, but as he hadn't measured it, i assumed he was wrong. He returned about a week later to carry out several jobs, but when he came to fitting the towel rail there was a problem. Luckily I managed to take it back and buy the 600mm one, which I should have bought in the first place.
Now we need a new radiator in our own house and it'll be fitted by the same plumber so I don't want to make the same mistake again.
Regards from Whitley Bay
All the best Brian.
Thank You!!! Just having walls re-plastered and taking the opportunity to replace some very old radiators. Also bonus points for keeping Shadow in the video and not re-shooting it.
She is a star in her own right, ha ha.
@@dereton33 they get everywhere!
Looks like I might be keeping the old rad anyway, the valve outlets for the current rad are 3/4" and it's a 1500mm rad, not sure what bits I would need to be able to fit a new rad without draining the whole system and fitting new valves.
Yes that is a drain down job.
@@dereton33 thought as much, thanks for the confirmation, I don't dislike the current radiator enough for that haha!
Thank you for this. The extending union was the info I needed to answer my question.
Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
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Just the clarification I needed right now. Thank you Al (and of course Shadow)!
Glad it was helpful!
thanks the last bit about the extension connection was very helpful thank you shadow.
1st video I looked at and it answered my questions perfectly. Thank you, to you and your cat!
You are so welcome! Meow.
What a nice guy. Thanks for this video, this was just the answer I was looking for.
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So helpful mate - thank you for recognising the need to help with this.
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Thanks for the info, exactly what I needed to know as replacing one next week. Many thanks.
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You literally saved me hours. Thank you.
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Thanks for the tip I never knew they were measured from the frame. Never knew about the extenders either.
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Thanks, very helpful info on replacing an old imperial measurement rad and using a smaller one/extending union.
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What a brilliant video. Answered every question of mine.
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Thanks so much for this and all of your videos, they are brilliant. I've learnt a lot from them.
Great to hear!
Excellent, straight to the point, all my questions answered 👍👍 thank you
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Great little video. You made it very clear what to do. Brilliant and thanks 👍🏻
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A really helpful and well made video.
Thanks for showing meeow it's done.
Glad it was helpful!
your videos have been a massive help ,thanks
Peter Gale No problem Pete. Al.
Very helpful mate, thank you for doing this!
Another clear and useful video - thanks Al
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brilliant thanks plumbers are so expensive and they hard to get round to give quotes. thank you for your videos very informative
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Thank you for a very informative video, exactly what I needed.
You are welcome!
Thanks for this, it’s saved us so much money on refurbishing our family home to a tight budget. We have a current radiator that measures 2180mm width by 50mm height and it’s impossible to find anything that long. Screw fix do a 2000mm by 300mm rad, so with a couple of valve extensions I can at least give it a go. Thanks again!
No problem Matt.
Thanks. Loved Shadow's appearance!
She`s always crashing my videos. Ha ha.
Thank you so much for your vids. Doing some decorating and your vids are a godsend.
You are so welcome!
Thank-you this is just what I wanted to know about what size to order if you have old ones and can't find the right size. One other thing I wanted to check though was for really old houses (100 years old) where the pipework runs along the wall instead of out of the floor, should I also go for smaller ? B&Q's website advises to go for bigger if your pipes run along the wall and the extra pipes can be cut but they agree with you and say go shorter if the pipes come out of the floor. Thanks
If you go for bigger and cut the pipes do remember that you will then have to drain the system in order to do it.
Thank-you, easy explanation.
Extending Union, just what I was after .!
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Thank you for a very helpful video, especially as we have plumbers who'll use any excuse to charge more and make it seem extremely complicated..!!
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I thought it was measured half way from pipe to other pipe. This clears it up cheers again.
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Just love Shadow's appearance in this video!
Yes she was lovely. Long gone but still miss her.
Really helpful - thank you - and Shadow is brilliant, too!
Ha ha thanks.
Another superb video Al. Nice special appearance from shadow
Yes it was, she luv`s photo bombing. Ha ha.
Simple once you know how, thanks for posting.
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This was such a good video ... Thanks, wish I had watched it before scrapping my old rads before measuring for the new ones DOH now im stuck aaaarrrrgggghhhh
Elizabeth Rayman Never mind Elizabeth, its something you will remember for next time.
Explained my issue perfectly, thanks!
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Thank you! This has been extremely helpful:)
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Great video. Plain speaking and understandable. Love shadow too ❤🐈
Thank you! 😊
Very helpful. All the info I needed in one vid
Glad it was helpful!
Just what I needed. Thank you!
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Thanks so useful and love the helpful cat too - we have one of them too ! :)
Really helpful thanks. Love the input from from shadow 😊
Yes a real video crasher.
Brilliant video thank you, I have a 1920mm X 400 radiator I want to change out, looks like an 1800mm is the closest size I can get with the metric sizes, something like an 1800x500 should hopefully do nicely as got a lot of spare height room, would a 60mm valve extension either side be the correct way to do it?
That would be the easiest way to do it , other wise it is a case of draining the system and altering the feed pipes.
Good advice as im an apprentice always changing brackets to get correct height
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Thanks for such useful advice once again!
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Hi Al. watched loads of your videos but maybe you could do one on accurately calculating BTU for sizing up radiators for rooms. I'm no plumber but do a lot of maintenance on housing and have gained a lot of knowledge on plumbing through doing this. I know there are calculators online but I want to know if there is a way to do it in your head as it were? many thanks. Marc
See what I can do Mark.
Very good video. Thank you 👍🏽
You have saved the day and my bank account! Thank you very much x
You’re welcome 😊
Shadow either wants to be a big star in the movies, or he/she is hungry. Quick - sign Shadow up - that cat's a natural! LOL
Thanks for another great vid.
This has come in very handy cheers mate ! 👌
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Thank you so much really helpful and loved you plumbers mate :)
She is a great help. Ha ha.
Excellent video! Very clear.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot! Really helpful. I would like to replace my old bathroom radiator with a towel radiator any tips for me?
Just make sure it is the same width as your radiator it is easier to fit.
Thank you very helpful.
thanks that was great advice,really helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video, love the cat!
Us too!
Very helpful as always thank you.
My pleasure!
Brilliant information, thank you ⭐
Glad it was helpful!
Really helpful video. Thank you. Can I ask what is the limit in terms of going smaller? My radiators have been removed and I am looking to replace and so only have the distance between the pipes to go by. This is 81cm and the radiator available are either 82cm or 66cm. Is 66cm too small? Thank you in advance! Ps my cat always get in the way too. Hi shadow!
Yes 66 is too small. You would feel the heat difference. 🔥
very help full thank you.
Hi Al, i need to buy radiator tails for a couple of radiators i'm replacing. Any chance you could do a short video explaining where i take my measurements from and to so as to get the correct length tails., Thanks Steven
I have a video on that already. ruclips.net/video/kMLsSA8r05M/видео.html
Hi, great video, love the nosey cat (got one ourselves).You mention at the beginning about old rads rusting.I purchased 2 Myson replacement rads for my bathroom (first attempt) and they started to show rust on the bottom seam after 2-3yrs. Someone told me I should have flushed them out before I fitted them. Are you aware of this? I used some extensions when fitting, made the job so much easier (no leaks :) thanks for the great vids.
No they do not need flushing.
Good video, thanks for uploading. I have a radiator that is just short of 1300mm in width. I'm looking for a column-style replacement and nearest i can find is 1193mm. Will this be ok?
Yes. you will have to make up the gap though.
Great video, but what about wall to centre measurements? I have 1989s rads rusting from the inside out and they're all imperial but they're also about 43mm wall to centre of valve. Any tips on putting, say, a new rad with 50mm wall to centre, or will the pipes need adjusting?
Hi Jonathan, when you get a new rad the brackets are made to fit with a short side or a long side to accommodate wall distances to rad.
Brilliant video, thanks 👍
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Nice one. Great plain English explanation.
Thank you great information as always
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With the extentions shown you wind them into the radiator and the other end do you wind the t.r.v/lockshield onto that and then lower that onto the pipe tails?,thanks
Yes that is a good method. I tend to fit the tails into the rad put the rad on the wall then fit the rad valves into the tails.
Thank you so much, amazing help.
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Brillant! thank you, very informative :)
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Great help!
Thanks!
Very informative ! Many thanks ! 🙂👍
Glad it was helpful!
You sir, are a legend! Thank you
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great help, thank you .
Are the mounting brackets on the back of a rad at a standard height or do they vary, making it a hassle to change even if you got the right size one?
They vary, all different.
Thank you so much Al!!!
You are very welcome
Great video, especially the part about to fix the sizing problem (imperial to metric). I'm considering new wooden flooring, and I've got the imperial radiators, they seem to work fine but the the pipes connecting the radiator radiator look really rusty, is it easy to replace them or shall I just bite the bullet and replace the radiators? Thanks very much in advance.
I would replace the radiators.
@@dereton33 thanks very much, you've got a new subscriber!
Good advice thank you so much 🙌🏾
Any time!