hot water cylinder, which connector?

[1animal1]

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice on this part please. I'm looking to replace the connection to the lower central heating point on my cylinder. The bolt itself measures 1 1/2" with 22mm pipe coming out of it - presume also that it's a bolt with a male thread.

Can anyone confirm if this part will fit? JGHSP250 speedfit cylinder connector.

I am looking to use 2 speed fit elbows and new 22mm copper pipe to make the joint up but need to confirm the above part before stripping anything down.



Thanks

Tim

 

[1animal1]

Won't i need to solder with a new one as the new ones I've seen come with a collar to slide in a new pipe (to solder).

I don't have soldering gear or experience doing that I'm afraid.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Whatever you desire to do good luck with it, if your lacking confidence to do it, do the prep work and call a plumber to do the pipe work , cant see it costing that much.

 

[1animal1]

Thanks JTS. I've found another online plumbing firm that was able to supply the joint 50% cheaper, and a 1 metre piece of 22mm copper for £4 - should cover this job for £15 🙂

Then onto the next one - converting the rads to 10mm from 8mm :toilet:

 

[jtsplumbing]

Any reason why you cant do it in small bore ? micro-bore can cause problems if not done right !

 

[1animal1]

The carpets are staying down for now and until then i'm really not able to get to the main (assumed) 22mm manifold going through the floor. Also because some of it is in the hallway which has new laminate laid by the previous owner. I'll get around to it as i really don't like this small bore stuff - it's a massive PITA when refilling the rads, they take ages! My old 5 (4 very large) sealed system took less than 15 minutes to refill, this 13 rad vented system took me 2 hours not including purging the pump which had air trapped in the cylinder side - school boy error setting that side going first when restarting i imagine :behead:

 

[gassafe]

Sounds like you like to keep re-doing work for the sake of it lol

 

[1animal1]

I just like reliability and the 8mm seems to get really bad reviews, plus it looks horrible! (not mentioning the missus lethal hoovering knocking it) - I have noticed in the short time that i have been in this house how long the rads take to warm up and presume that these smaller pipes have to make it less efficient in the long term? Surely that has to be the case when most of the 8mm fed rads are some of the furthest away in the system...

 

[1animal1]

Purists, close your eyes.... 🙂

 

[Best]

Well it's taken you four days to do it, but you got there! :smile:
You could have just as easily done it in brass and copper fittings, because if you can get that plastic etc together, you can do it in all metal.
Thanks for getting back and letting us know you are sorted!

 

[Rickster123]

Get some lagging on it quick before anyone sees it!:smartass2:

If it's not leaking and you're happy with it fair play to ya.

 

[1animal1]

Cheers chaps! 🙂

I must admit I was putting it off, easily done as this place is keeping me extremely busy. I took it all apart to find the elbow wouldn't fit, so ended up having to chip an inch out of the wall, luckily that wall will eventually be boarded and tiled as I make the airing cupboard into the a double shower. Now to drain it all down again and remove some rads for cleaning and Plastering.

Thanks for all the help so far 🙂

Ps I really do need to learn to solder. The push fit copper was an option but I was more worried about not being able to remove the joints upon fitting.

Tim