Rear Access Radiator Vent Bleed Key Tommy Bar

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Excellent design, this should be the standard shape for a radiator key as it will fit any valve in any place. Read less

Excellent design, this should be the standard shape for a radiator key as it will fit any valve in any place. Read full reviewEvery home should have a radiator bleed key for bleeding radiators (and sometimes venting) for if and when they ever need to. My radiator bleed keys

A decent set of water pump pliers can be used as any other radiator key which I would highly recommend getting for your home. Well done! Now simply repeat the process for the other radiators which need to be bled. I’ve bled the radiators but now the central heating won’t come on In this post I’ll go through their uses and what I think are the best and what to avoid based on my experiences over the years. Radiator Bleed key These can be used for opening drain valves, removing radiator valves, and many other things in your home including bleeding modern radiators. If you're a plumber or just a keen DIYer who wants the best tools, then ratchet tools are the best and make jobs so much easier. I have been replacing and repairing radiators full-time for over a decade and have bought more plumbing tools and radiator keys than I could ever need.Although using water pump pliers to open radiator drain valves is fine, the best radiator drain valve key for me is a small square headed ratchet. Assuming your boiler is downstairs, you should start downstairs with the radiator furthest from the boiler. After you’ve done the downstairs radiators, you can then repeat the process for the ones upstairs. How to bleed the radiators Another radiator bleed key type that I always have on my bunch of keys is a Tommy bar bleed key. It comes in handy for rear access bleed valves and getting in tight spaces when a standard type key is too big. Using my Tommy bar radiator bleed key in tight space The most common plumbing tool that gets called a radiator spanner is a large hex or Allen key type for fitting and removing radiator valve tails.

There are 4 different sizes and I’ve yet to come across a radiator drain valve that it doesn’t fit. My radiator drain valve keys Universal Radiator Key They can also be used as a radiator drain valve key but there are many different sized heads so finding one key that fits all drain valve sizes is very unlikely. Summary In an open vented central heating system – a system with a feed and expansion tank in the loft – unwanted gases which form inside the system usually exit via the expansion pipe. However these may not always be the case. Since air and other gases are less dense than water, they will rise as high as they can – and usually that means getting trapped at the top of the radiator. What do I need? My favourite and best tool for valve tails is a step ratchet. They’re so much better, but if you’re not using them often, you might be better off with an Allen key type radiator spanner. The Most Common TailsFor the other type of radiator valve tails (with 15mm pipe attached), you can just use an adjustable spanner. The problem with this is different tail brands (although the same type of tails) have different sized nuts. So, you’ll need a 16mm, 17mm, and 18mm ratchet spanner to cover them all.