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August 25, 2007
The British and their radiators
I would like to replace the radiators in my brownstone. When I do a search, I'm always drawn to the ones in the U.K. (below is a link of an example)
Here are my questions;
Are their mechanics and intallation specs different than ours? Can anyone recommend a plumbing/heating specialist to handle such a job?
thanks for any help.
http://www.aelheating.com/default_castiron.asp
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The U.K. threads are different than ours.
Ours are tapered to get smaller as they move along. The British threads are consistent. In the US we call that a "running" or "machine" thread.
We can join the two threads together in many cases, but other times it's better to make the connection with an appropriate adapter.
Posted by: Master Plvmber at August 25, 2007 5:34 PM
There are several here in the states here are the sites
http://www.runtalnorthamerica.com/residential_radiators/baseboard_uf.html
http://www.steamradiators.com/index.html
Most of them are in Mass
Bob C
Posted by: guest at September 21, 2007 6:56 PM
Here's the best website I've found for your standard steam radiators (rather than the new designs listed in the earlier comment).
http://www.oldcastironradiators.com/
Posted by: guest at September 26, 2007 6:47 PM
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