Radiator pipe collars

TPat

Any suggestions on where to purchase radiator pipe collars (also called flanges or escutcheons) to cover the margins of the whole where the steam pipe comes through the floor. Signature Hardware sells powder coated metal but the price is high ($39). I would like white ones but don't want flimsy plastic.

Long Beach Ed

A local plumbing supply house would have them. Or you can mail order at a place like Supplyhouse.com

https://www.supplyhouse.com. Search for pipe escutcheons. The Chinese ones rust instantly; they're all pretty flimsy these days. Sometimes old quality ones can be found on Ebay.

Larry Weingarten

Hi, Might something like this work?

Yours, Larry

Waher

Supply house & Plumbing Supply both sell the better quality ones with the springs to secure them at floors/ceilings without needing fasteners. If you need a color, just prime & paint them.

Made in China
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Bluefin-PLA125CR-1-1-4-IPS-Heavy-Duty-Floor-and-Ceiling-Plate-w-Spring-3-1-2-OD-Chrome-Plated

Made in Taiwan (I think)
https://www.plumbingsupply.com/escutch.html#wsprings

JUGHNE

Keep in mind that the iron pipe (IPS) sizes are larger than the copper pipe (CU)....not the same.

dabrakeman

https://amazon.com/Renovators-Supply-Manufacturing-Escutcheon-Decorative/dp/B019MJT5P0/ref=asc_df_B019MJT5P0?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80333185695349&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583932713556383&psc=1

Mad Dog_2

Most escutcheons today are junky, flimsy, get rusty.  I ordered some heavy looking ornate ones online when I connected the Rads.  They are nice looking but.....THE I.Ds
Of them are NOT American pipe sizes and They would have to be ground down...never got to it.   I ordered them IPS too.  I'll post a picture.   Mad 🐕 Dog 

Mad Dog_2

Mad Dog_2

They are either too loose or too tight...we wuz robbed!   Mad 🐕 Dog

Mad Dog_2

Do you know how many plumbers can't spell escutcheon?   Its hilarious 🤣 mad dog

SteamFTW

Mad Dog_2 said:

Most escutcheons today are junky, flimsy, get rusty.  I ordered some heavy looking ornate ones online when I connected the Rads.  They are nice looking but.....THE I.Ds
Of them are NOT American pipe sizes and They would have to be ground down...never got to it.   I ordered them IPS too.  I'll post a picture.   Mad 🐕 Dog 

My socks can't be mismatched; I have another pair just like these at home!

Long Beach Ed

When I was in Japan, American products were coveted. Our tools were used in their factories and considered of the highest quality.

Waher

Long Beach Ed said:

When I was in Japan, American products were coveted. Our tools were used in their factories and considered of the highest quality.

Only the best American stuff would get imported into Japan.

We often think of older tools as being better, because there's a survivor bias. The junk tools from the olden days didn't last and are long gone, so we only see the good ones that survived the test of time.

Waher

Another fancy option from CastRads
https://www.castrads.com/us/product/escutcheons/

Mad Dog_2

Were you in Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines Ed?  People rarely just "go" to Japan except Martial Arts guys. Taiwanese Tools were throwaway after any real use, Japanese (The great imitators) were much better, But German and American were always the best....Ridgid, Crescent, Stillman, Sears, Snap- On, Delta, Krupp .  Same went for firearms AND TOYS....MAD DOG 🐕 

BobC

Some of japans industrial output was top notch.
I served on a very remote communications relay site in Korea, no roads, water or electric service on the mountain. The power for our systems was generated at base camp and a three phase 5400v line run up the side of the mountain, we had a 30KW generator topsite. We had fuel drops three times a year with helicopters ferrying drums of fuel up to us if power was lost from base camp. 95% of that fuel was used to heat the Quonset huts, we rarely lost power from base camp
Base camp had 3ea 60kw Japanese generators that were installed in the late 30's by the Japanese army and they were still working fine in 1969, the Koreans who worked on them said they were very well built.

SteamFTW

@Mad Dog_2 Where did you get the escutcheons you show in your photo? Be glad you didn't end up with these [see attached images]. They're the 4 "best"--and I use that term VERY loosely--out of 16 just ordered from www.rensup.com. They're gritty; they're not round; the faces of the two halves aren't true, and the some of the pins don't even go all the way in. But, of course, the nice, shiny picture [rensup-escutcheon-bait.jpg] is what they show on the product page on their website. I'd say WE was robbed!

Long Beach Ed

@SteamFTW Cast in the dirt in India. Nice finish!