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  1. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    On my list, cheers Terry...
  2. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    Many thanks for all of your replies. Fingers crossed for tomorrow ;-)
  3. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    That sounds like the plan. Cheers...
  4. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    I'll assume this is to avoid hot water going back to the boiler?
  5. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    So, based on some great and very speedy responses, I have concluded I must drain down the system, then cap the pipes off under the floor until the decorating is finished and the new pipework location decided. Then I'll run the pipework in and reconnect it under the floor. Does this sound about...
  6. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    Hi Ian, Thanks for replying. The reason I ask about this, is we moved a rad in the past, from one side of the room to the other, and it was only getting warm at the bottom. A heating engineer came in and explained this bypass was still in the old location, so he removed it, and put a new one in...
  7. Brownstone1892

    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    Thanks for the speedy reply Terry. I might need to clarify some things: I'm moving the position of the rad. The existing pipes exit the wall through some tiles I'm removing. I want to remove the rad from the system completely whilst I'm decorating the room. The flow and return pipes are easily...
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    Rad Removal - Do I need to drain down?

    Hi all, We're renovating our downstairs bathroom, and the missus wants the radiator moving. I'm confident in doing this myself, but I have one question about draining down. First of all, let me set the scene. We have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar Combi. I've been under the floor to check the rad...
  9. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    They're definitely welded into the bottom fixing plate...
  10. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    Unfortunately, I think you're right. Cheers, Carl...
  11. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    If only. They're a standard size, 1.1M. In hindsight, my builder wouldn't have been such an idiot, and put the fall going from back to front, leaving a much less noticable slant on the rail on the left of the platform. Cheers, Carl...
  12. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    Thanks again for your reply. The cable ties are just there to hold the handrail on, as it is currently just set up to test. When happy, you drill through the saddle into the handrail and bang a couple of self tappers in. The glass supports cannot be adjusted, but the glass can be put in them...
  13. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    Thanks for your reply. They're these ones: https://www.handrailsdirectcomponents.co.uk/item/1228/handrailsdirect/Intermediate-Post.html They are just covers at the bottom, but there's very little movement in them to add packing underneath the post to raise it. I'd rather not grind away at...
  14. Brownstone1892

    Stainless Handrail Levelling

    Hi all, I've test installed some stainless handrails, but the fall my builder put on the platform and bottom step means they're not quite level, as you may be able to make out: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlmVEDCDwc6sjZlxGb-7bFMyOU9-Wg?e=duTUZD The saddles aren't adjustable. Does anyone have any idea...
  15. Brownstone1892

    Need to put a shallow S-bend in existing pipes

    Hi guys, Thanks for your replies, they're as educational as always in this forum. After Rob's reply, I was thinking of leaving one of the pipes straight, and moving the rad to the right a bit instead, as that side will be mostly hidden by an armchair, but I don't think it would leave enough of...
  16. Brownstone1892

    Need to put a shallow S-bend in existing pipes

    Hi guys, Hopefully you can point me in the right direction, as you've always done in the past. I had a very fancy radiator powder coated recently, and bought some new valves for it, however they're a little bit wider (when looked at from the front) than the ones they're replacing, so the pipes...
  17. Brownstone1892

    Cold Rad, Hot Pipe

    Thanks for the replies fellas, you've confirmed what I suspected all along, I'm out of my depth. I've arranged for a heating engineer too come take a look and price it up. Thanks guys, Carl...
  18. Brownstone1892

    Cold Rad, Hot Pipe

    Anyone? I'm getting quite desperate here. Cheers, Carl...
  19. Brownstone1892

    Cold Rad, Hot Pipe

    This may be where I'm going wrong. This, and the fact that I'm using a standard TRV and not one designed for single pipe systems (if indeed it is a single pipe system). So, take a look at this picture, to see my incredible work for yourselves: Here's some context: Red is the "single...
  20. Brownstone1892

    Cold Rad, Hot Pipe

    Sorry for the radio silence chaps, been dealing with a leaky roof. It never rains, but it pours, as they say. Terry, I'm not very familiar with the pipework in my house, but I do plan on taking a trip into the crawl space under the house tomorrow, to see what I can find. I'll report back once...
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