imperial

Got an old stone house, other than getting a micrometer what clues give away metric or Imperial pipe. The copper looks really clean but it's been under the floor so that might mean nothing. House is like an onion, I really need to stop peeling, pulled a load of lead pipe or so at least I'll get...

Started a job today in a very old house and have come across what looks to be K type copper. The inner wall of the copper is extremely thick and nothing will take to it other than a transitional coupling which I cant use because it is on the hot and it cannot be guaranteed that it would hold. I...

Started a job today in a very old house and have come across what looks to be K type copper. The inner wall of the copper is extremely thick and nothing will take to it other than a transitional coupling which I cant use because it is on the hot and it cannot be guaranteed that it would hold. I...

Hello, I am desperately trying to save an original chrome towel radiator that is nearly 60 years old and been in our family for almost that long. I am looking for an angled radiator valve - 1” male fitting into the radiator and 0.75” (but 0.5” would do) female connection into the pipes. Or an...

Hi there, I live in a mid-80’s house full of lovely imperial radiators. I noticed wet carpet in one of the rooms and found there to be a leaky radiator valve. Long story short I managed to isolate both the shut off valve and the lock shield. However, when shutting off the lock shield there was a...

Hi everyone I'm currently doing up my bathroom and I need some help please. :( Gate valve. I've currently replaced gate valves on the cold and hot pipes coming into the bathroom so this can isolated whilst the rest of u the house has water but the problem is the cold pipe gate valve is...

How do I connect a 15mm pipe to a 1" diameter male "O" ring type fitting? See photo. I am replacing an Imperial radiator in a single pipe system with a metric one which is quite a bit shorter. I have bought a 1/2" Danfoss Randall RA-G Single Pipe TRV Body which comes with a chrome fitting...

Hello, I have a radiator in my sons bedroom that is old and has actually started to leak through the bottom, which has a small section that is rusted through. I presume it's imperial radiator, since when I measure it, it doesn't seem to be of any standard size. If you check the 'radiator'...