Sam
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As above, are there any particular rules/ways I should be doing this?
I want to remove a couple of radiators downstairs - one by the front door, the other in the living room.
My little DIY book and the Internet seem to give conflicting information 
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John
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Turn the valves off, loosen the nuts enough to sit the radiator flat. Fully undo the joints and try and get to get the radiator turned over without getting too much filthy water on your carpets.
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Sam
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This might sound like a stupid question (I know little about heating systems) but if I removed the radiator could we still use the heating for the other radiators or would I need to put these ones back in first?
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baza31
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Drain system down 1st otherwise your rads will be full, weigh a ton and cover your house with black water . Turn boiler off> put a hose on valve usually by front door> open a bleed point on a rad upstairs > make sure all rad valves are opened on ones your removing > remove rads leaving valves on pipe> fill system back up
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Gary
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Wont be able use his rads though. Do it the way John said and you'll be able to use the heating with the rad off.
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Dave
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If you remove without draining the system then you can still use the other rads in the house yes, it's just the equivalent of turning off that rad with the TRV.
Be careful relying on the TRV with the rad off though, they can still let water through on the zero setting.
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mattk
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yeah put a cap nut on TRVs they are normaly fine but best to be sure if you have them.
dont undo the nut thats on the pipe either, undo the ones on the radiator side of the valves. seen that done loads 
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baza31
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Wont be able use his rads though. Do it the way John said and you'll be able to use the heating with the rad off.
You will, it's just draining it down so your not lifting a full rad off
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VegasPhil
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Decorating roller trays are handy to catch the water that comes out at the beginning. Will be a 2 person job and the valves might leak.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Haimsey
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May be I'm being silly, but, if you do as above and can lay the rad flat, wouldn't the be sufficient to get behind it to decorate?
Marcy Marc 
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Siberia
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turn of the valve at either end of the rad. open the nut at on end of the rad that joins the rad to the valve. dont open it all the way just a bit untill wter comes out.. get 2 pots and let one fill and then use the other and empty the full one.. a towel might be good to have as well.
open the bleed nut on the rad.. it will be at the top in one of the corners.
when the rad is empty open the nut on the other valve and then lift the rad out of the way..
just make sure tha the valves on the rad are not faulty and fully close.. i destroyed our livving room when one of the valves had a slight drip which i thought wasnt a big deal... but it turned into niagra falls when we were in bed
also if its just for painting a rad roller would be easyer
[Edited on 03-03-2013 by Siberia]
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CORSA NUT
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Just buy some stop ends for the valves. Only about £1 each.
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