Fitting a vertical radiator

scottishminnie

Looking for some guidance - may be a silly question but I know nothing about plumbing so here goes.

I'm thinking of changing a normal radiator in our TV room for a more contemporary vertical one and am wondering - do they have a pipe at either side (same as a standard radiator).

I'm hoping to find one where the pipes would be in the same place to avoid any upheaval if that makes sense.

We are due to have a new carpet fitted in the room and I'm figuring we should do it at the same time.

Any advice most appreciated.

Thanks

Plumbers_Shop_Lee

The valve tappings on most vertical radiators are on the bottom as opposed to the sides as they would be on a conventional radiator this means you may require straight valves instead of the angled ones you would currently have. It is unlikely youll find one that goes straight into the gap you have you made need to alter the pipework slightly depending on the size of your existing radiator

HTH

caleyles

Sorry to disagree Lee - there are many vertical rads which allow for side entry as well as some that have the option of both side and bottom entry - the link is for homebase and b&q but there are many others if you shop around HTH

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&amp;fh_secondid=9271425&amp;fh_view_size=12&amp;fh_eds=ß&amp;fh_location=//catal!!!1/en_GB/categories<{9372015}/categories<{9372045}/categories<{9372198}/specificationsProductType=designer_radiators/specificationsSpecificProductType=contemporary&amp;fh_refview=lister&amp;isSearch=false

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=20001&partNumber=1658774&c_3=3|cat_14290179|Radiators|14290186&c_2=2|cat_16849264|Radiators|14290179&c_1=1|category_root|Heating+and+Cooling|16849264

scottishminnie

Thanks for the links - I think I'll take a trip to B&Q or Homebase at the weekend. These are miles cheaper than the ones I'd been looking at and I'm sure do just the same job. It looks like it may be feasible to do - reason I asked is when I mentioned it hubby suggested the floor would need to be ripped up and much drama. I did suspect he was scaremongering though to put me off:)

ormus

generally.
as the new rad will be much narrower than the old one, the flow/return pipes will be too far apart.
hence ripping up the floor to fix the pipes in the new position.