Hi all,
Been reading EF for a while but first post, please let me know if its the wrong place etc. And I have tried DIY forums but didn't get any replies so far (recommendations on swiss DIY forums welcome).
Just moved into a new rental apartment a couple months ago (Bern), the weather had been good and the heating (from a central boiler for the whole building) wasn't on, fine with that. Bit colder recently, and our radiator comes on (I assume someone put the boiler on), tried to turn our radiators off but two of the thermostatic radiator valve heads in our apartment are damaged so stays on for those radiators even in * position (I can see the damage prevents the valve closing). The radiator does go off if I hold the head in position - so hopefully the value works fine and just the head needs replacing.
I figure should be easy enough to replace, the valve heads throughout the apartment are all the same Danfoss Thermostat ones (pictures attached). So I bought two replacements, the only Danfoss ones I could find easily online in switzerland (
https://www.galaxus.ch/de/s2/product...pplier=4867603), the width seems fine but the head seems too short to attach to the value properly? On the website and packaging I can't see anything about length/size. Any recommendations on which valve head should fit? Or I am being stupid while fitting it?
The old value heads slot really nicely onto the value, whereas the only replacement I found has an annoying screw and even fitting on fully open, closes the valve if I push it far enough to try to attach. Pretty sure it's the wrong size.
Thanks in advance for any help! 😊