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Where can I buy old cast iron radiator valve handles?

Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett Member Posts: 607
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they are Trane packless bellows valves :-)

The dead men thought of everything.

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  • old radiator
    old radiator Member Posts: 3
    Old cast iron radiator valve handles

    Where can I buy radiator valve handles (only the handle) for my cast iron radiators?
  • Brad White_129
    Brad White_129 Member Posts: 15
    The one's I have

    are Bakelite... Capitol is the brand name from 1922... are you restoring them or just need operation?
  • old radiator
    old radiator Member Posts: 3


    I had the radiators painted and the painter misplaced the handles. I need the handles to control the flow.
  • ed wallace
    ed wallace Member Posts: 1,612
    rad valve handles

    any good heating supply house would have replacement handles
  • old radiator
    old radiator Member Posts: 3


    Thank you.
  • Brad White_129
    Brad White_129 Member Posts: 15
    But remember....

    Radiator valves are two-position, fully closed or fully open. They are not meant to "throttle" to control the flow as I think you are suggesting. The packing will start to leak in short order if you do...
  • Brad White_129
    Brad White_129 Member Posts: 15
    Good Point!

    Never ran across those but it makes sense, abundant sense. An exception to be sure and it underscores avoiding "absolutes" or at least qualifying them. Thanks, Jim.

    Brad
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