Recent content by DIYDonnel

Hello! Thanks everyone for the help. I tried to do it myself but in the end I had to get my male friend to help put cos the valves were screwed on waaaaay too tight. All connections! I couldn't even turn the radiator key to get the part out of the actual radiator, we had to take it off the...

Thanks :) How do I know that the radiators upstairs are drained? :S Sorry I keep asking so much, I just don't want to undo the valve and a torrent of water comes splashing out. Like I said that one radiator isn't leaking any more so I think it's drained already. Is it possible it's on a...

Ahh okay. It's only one that need replacing, the rest are all TRVs and work fine so I guess they were installed more recently, the leaky ones on the bathroom radiator are plain and do look a bit shabby but I heard that normally people don't put TRVs in the bathroom.

It's the bathroom radiator so I'm not going to bother with TRVs. The heating is on a timer anyway so when it's on I'll want that radiator hot hot hot to warm my towels lol. I think I'm really asking "What's the worst that can happen if I don't drain the whole system?"

Hi again Sorry I didnt manage to take a pic, I've been chiselling away at door frames - the life of a DIYer. Anyway, I've decided to replace the valves and I have 2 new ones, a few wrenches, a radiator key and some ptfe tape. The radiator seems to have well and truly leaked the water out and...

Oh it's okay, I'm not going to get a TRV because it's in the bathroom :)

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm at work right now so I can't take a pic of my actual valve, I understand it might be different inside so I'll take a picture when I get it. So even though the water is coming out of the top of the "bolty bit" (is that the packing gland?) that the "water flow...

Hi I've read through quite a few posts on this forum about leaking valves but I'm sure my radiator is leaking from a different place. When I put the heating on and top up the system the radiators get hot but then the small one in the bathroom starts leaking. Mostly from the "adjustable" valve...