Removed a small central heating radiator during redecoration, and found that
the two taps to it, even though fully turned off,  are leaking water from
where they enter the rads. All the taps to our installation (including
balancing valves, or whatever they are called) were renewed about eight
years ago by a local plumber. Question is, would they still be under
guarantee?
steve

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> Removed a small central heating radiator during redecoration, and found 
> that
> the two taps to it, even though fully turned off,  are leaking water from
> where they enter the rads. All the taps to our installation (including
> balancing valves, or whatever they are called) were renewed about eight
> years ago by a local plumber. Question is, would they still be under
> guarantee?


I'm not as expert as some plumbers on this group, but I don't think these 
valve are designed to be drip proof at all.  What you're doing runs the risk 
of a major flood.

rusty

Rusty wrote:

> "steve marchant"  wrote in message
> news:d4q2ph$8ci$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> Removed a small central heating radiator during redecoration, and
>> found that
>> the two taps to it, even though fully turned off,  are leaking water
>> from where they enter the rads. All the taps to our installation
>> (including balancing valves, or whatever they are called) were
>> renewed about eight years ago by a local plumber. Question is, would
>> they still be under guarantee?
>
> I'm not as expert as some plumbers on this group, but I don't think
> these valve are designed to be drip proof at all.  What you're doing
> runs the risk of a major flood.
>
> rusty


do you mean where they join the rad or from the central spindle of the tap?

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