I am planning to install a heated towel rail in my bathroom. There is already a radiator there and and piping. First, I need to remove the old rad to make good the wall underneath for painting. Is there an easy way to remove the rad and cap the pipes while I sort out the wall underneath. I'm not concerned about being without a rad in the bathrrom for a week or so. I'm a complete novice with plumbing but pretty good with DIY in general. I am going to get a plumber in to install the towel rail but it seems a waste to get one in just to remove a radiator as well.
Remove rad, installing towel rail
- Thread starter lmsava
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When you close the valves, no water will escape from the pipework, so once the rad is drained, its ok to remove it - making sure you keep the valves tightly closed of course.
It will be sensible (or may even be necessary!) to have new valves fitted with the towel rail, so this will involve draining down the system.
It will be sensible (or may even be necessary!) to have new valves fitted with the towel rail, so this will involve draining down the system.
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Just a word of warning.
Radiators tend to give out much more heat than towel rails so make sure that your bathroom is going to be warm enough.
I replaced our old radiator with a towel rail and it was absolutely freezing last winter.
It is now going to cost me a small fortune to replace with a designer radiator that will fit the pipes coming out of the wall (but cheaper than ripping out the wall and floor tiles to reroute the pipes).
Radiators tend to give out much more heat than towel rails so make sure that your bathroom is going to be warm enough.
I replaced our old radiator with a towel rail and it was absolutely freezing last winter.
It is now going to cost me a small fortune to replace with a designer radiator that will fit the pipes coming out of the wall (but cheaper than ripping out the wall and floor tiles to reroute the pipes).
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namsag
And surprisingly the first thing people do is put towels on them which also cuts down the heat given into the room
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