radiator tails too far from wall

LimerickGray

I found a little leak on floor under a radiator and tightening the nut on valve fixed it.
However I notice the rad is not hanging right on the brackets as it seems the tails coming through the concrete floor are too far from the wall.
It there any way I can get the rad onto the brackets properly and connect the tail to the valve. If I take off the valve to do this the the tail will be too far from the rad to connect the valve. Tail is copper and even if I could bend it, that would shorten it.

I suppose I could leave on the valves and attach then usin short flexipipes. Not sure if that’s safe though

Thanks if you can advise

LimerickGray

Nobody?

ShamNNspace

LimerickGray wrote: »

Nobody?

I'm not a plumber but those 2 brackets holding the rad to the wall. There's 2 ways that some of them can be fixed to the wall. One way keeps the rad nearer to the wall if you follow me

GinSoaked

From the picture it looks like the sofa has been pushed back against the rad and over a period of time thats why the rad has taken on that odd angle? So I wonder if you might have to fix the leak again at some later date?

colm_mcm

The bottom part of the rad isn’t sitting into the bracket?

beauf

No way that softa moved the feed pipe and valve to that angle. It also couldn't lift the rad of the bottom of the bracket.

Looks like it was angled that way to make it fit by who ever fitted it.

To do it properly I assume you'd have drain the system, disconnect the radiator. Remount it on the bracket then adjust the pipe work to fit. Refill the system.

beauf

Incidentally a small board between the skirting board and the rear feet of the sofa will stop it moving back and hitting the radiator. Sofa too close will absorb all the heat and it won't radiate into the room efficiently.

LimerickGray

beauf wrote: »

No way that softa moved the feed pipe and valve to that angle. It also couldn't lift the rad of the bottom of the bracket.

Looks like it was angled that way to make it fit by who ever fitted it.

To do it properly I assume you'd have drain the system, disconnect the radiator. Remount it on the bracket then adjust the pipe work to fit. Refill the system.

The sofa would not have moved the feed pipe or stressed the valve do much I think.
I I remount the rad properly, the valve will be too far from the feed to connect them. What way do I go about it? I was thinking of short flex hose as bay far the easiest but will it fail or is it ok?
Suppose I’ll need nipples to put on end of the flex pipes to connect to the copper.

Any other viable option?

Thanks for advice

beauf

Flexible pipe, or take the bracket off, and put some packing behind it to move it out slightly. A plumber would know better.

LimerickGray

beauf wrote: »

Flexible pipe, or take the bracket off, and put some packing behind it to move it out slightly. A plumber would know better.

Can flexible hose pipe be used to connect a radiator?

beauf

No idea not a plumber. Mine are all done with Qual-Pex. Not a fan personally.