johna
New Member
Hello,
I've just finished tiling my kitchen. There are two previously capped off black iron pipes coming up through the tile. My plan was to reconnect the radiator (which had been removed by the previous owner). I'm not sure how to handle this problem, though: the tile has raised the floor about 3/4", so the one pipe is now too short for the cast-iron radiator. The other is, for some reason a few inches shorter and barely protrudes from the tile (I cut the tile around it out a little more to allow for some kind of union. What can I use to make up the 3/4" on the one side? For the shorter side, I bought a union with a tapered-seat joint and a variety of lengths to make up the distance, but again, matching the height exactly seems almost impossible. Should I be using PEX instead? Or brass reducing bush to copper to elbow to RH/LH nipple to radiator? Should I avoid these dissimilar metals to avoid a galvanic reaction?
Kind of a convoluted situation; appreciate any advice. Thanks,
John
I've just finished tiling my kitchen. There are two previously capped off black iron pipes coming up through the tile. My plan was to reconnect the radiator (which had been removed by the previous owner). I'm not sure how to handle this problem, though: the tile has raised the floor about 3/4", so the one pipe is now too short for the cast-iron radiator. The other is, for some reason a few inches shorter and barely protrudes from the tile (I cut the tile around it out a little more to allow for some kind of union. What can I use to make up the 3/4" on the one side? For the shorter side, I bought a union with a tapered-seat joint and a variety of lengths to make up the distance, but again, matching the height exactly seems almost impossible. Should I be using PEX instead? Or brass reducing bush to copper to elbow to RH/LH nipple to radiator? Should I avoid these dissimilar metals to avoid a galvanic reaction?
Kind of a convoluted situation; appreciate any advice. Thanks,
John