I want to move a radiator from on wall to another, removing the existing pipework and putting in new. The below image shows pretty much what I want to achieve.
First things first: I am very new to this lark...I have tons of common sense (don't believe my girlfriend she's lying) but am just really entering the realm of home ownership and DIY so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'd like to know firstly how to drain the system. I'm in a top floor flat in a victorian conversion with only 3 radiators: lounge, bedroom and bathroom, all on one level. It is the bedroom on I want to move to be on the opposite side of a partitioning wall to the lounge radiator. It is a sealed system (I think, from what I have read) and have a combi boiler.
This diagram on this page I found seems to accurately represent what I have. http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/plumbing/combi.html#intro
The only stop-cock and drain that I can find in the whole system is on the ground floor in the meter cupboard which I can only assume serves all 4 flats.
Please give any advice in reasonable detail, explaining exactly what I should shut off (and where it is!) and where I should drain from (if at all)
And once I have done this is it okay to plumb in the new pipes off the ones feeding the lounge radiator? I can't see why this would be a problem but thought I should ask!
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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First things first: I am very new to this lark...I have tons of common sense (don't believe my girlfriend she's lying) but am just really entering the realm of home ownership and DIY so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'd like to know firstly how to drain the system. I'm in a top floor flat in a victorian conversion with only 3 radiators: lounge, bedroom and bathroom, all on one level. It is the bedroom on I want to move to be on the opposite side of a partitioning wall to the lounge radiator. It is a sealed system (I think, from what I have read) and have a combi boiler.
This diagram on this page I found seems to accurately represent what I have. http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/plumbing/combi.html#intro
The only stop-cock and drain that I can find in the whole system is on the ground floor in the meter cupboard which I can only assume serves all 4 flats.
Please give any advice in reasonable detail, explaining exactly what I should shut off (and where it is!) and where I should drain from (if at all)
And once I have done this is it okay to plumb in the new pipes off the ones feeding the lounge radiator? I can't see why this would be a problem but thought I should ask!
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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