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Supply Valve Location
Ted_Ryan
Member Posts: 36
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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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 England0 -
Jamie, thank you and great suggestion.
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Spoke too soon. Trap will also be in the crawlspace. Any issue with the trap being below the radiator?0
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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 England0 -
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
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Excellent. Thank you both. Your description is exactly how it was done.0
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