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Supply Valve Location

Ted_Ryan
Ted_Ryan Member Posts: 36
in Strictly Steam
Installing a recessed GovRay radiator. There is not enough room underneath the radiator body to locate the supply valve (trap will fit). Short of finding a lower profile supply valve, Is there any problem with locating the larger supply valve below the radiator in the crawl space?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,516
    No... except that getting at it if you need to will be a bore. You might, however, do a favour for the next person and put a tag on the radiator (I use the soft metal embossable tags which gardeners use) to tell them that there is a valve under there...
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Ted_Ryan
    Ted_Ryan Member Posts: 36
    Jamie, thank you and great suggestion.
  • Ted_Ryan
    Ted_Ryan Member Posts: 36
    Spoke too soon. Trap will also be in the crawlspace. Any issue with the trap being below the radiator?
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,516
    Nope. Just drop to it and go horizontal and into it, and then drop out of it. And put on another tag... !
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,525
    No, not a big deal. A lot of Hoffman systems always put both the trap and valve in the basement rather than on the radiator/convector.
    New England SteamWorks
    Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
    newenglandsteamworks.com
  • Ted_Ryan
    Ted_Ryan Member Posts: 36
    Excellent. Thank you both. Your description is exactly how it was done.

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