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Anyone making Nickel plated plain radiator valves?

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The Steam Whisperer
The Steam Whisperer Member Posts: 1,216
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Installing some new modern radiators in a very nice residence and they don't like the look of the bare brass or bronze radiator valves. These have to be packless because its a vacuum system. Plenty of trvs' are plated, but I haven't seen any manual valves that are plated.
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  • nicholas bonham-carter
    nicholas bonham-carter Member Posts: 8,578
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    Why do the valves need to be packless, and what's wrong with having no valves-just TRV's?--NBC
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
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    We take valves to a local plater and get them done after market.
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,069
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    The TRV would look good and it sounds like it might fit into the budget compared to platting. However are TRV's tight enough to hold a vacuum??
  • The Steam Whisperer
    The Steam Whisperer Member Posts: 1,216
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    Packed type radiator valves tend to leak air in vacuum systems, so were not used. I am concerned about the TRV's because they have such a small orifice, so steam will tend to favor the non-TRV radiators. I think most if not all TRV's are vacuum rated.
    It looks like custom plating might be necessary, like Gerry said.
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