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thanks for that softus...you're invaluable once again ;)

a 3d package...I'm an animator - not a plumber!

anyone got any ideas?

okay here are the pics...before and after (hopefully) The rads are 6 foot cast iron school radiators. Thanks again Dan

If anyone can help it'd be greatly appreciated! Thanks Dan

Hi all I would like to install a radiator andwould like to know if it is acceptable to have 2 radiators in parallel coming from the same 15mm pipe from the flow and return. To make it clearer. My current situation is as in Fig_1 below. The layout and size of radiators etc is roughly to...

Well how easy was that!!!!??? Thanks very much for your help Softus. All I did at this point was remove the pipework for the old radiat as I haven't the the new one to fit yet but now I feel confident draining the system and using compression joints so putting in the new radiator should be a...

got ya...thanks again I'll let you know how I got on after the weekend!!

okay there you've just proved that I have no grasp whatsoever of the principals involved!.... presumably if I am able to drain the system and work on it when I have turned the bolier off there is no water-flow. So how does the system fill again without the boiler being involved...

Thanks again for your advice softus...I've got a lot of time for people who are willing to give it out free. If ever you're in need of some computer animation info don't hesitate! One last question I (almost) promise. When I turn the boiler back on and refill the system, and have bled the...

oh and the loop has a valve at either end...I tried opening the one on the "Domestic Cold Water In" end, expecting to see the pressure rise but nothing happened. And the other end was a bit tricky to get to and the pipes were hot so I didn't persevere.

yep there's a braided pipe that goes between the "Domestic Cold Water Inlet" and "Central Heating Flow" pipes of the the boiler. So I just leave this as it is, turn off the boiler and get draining then? One post I saw says to turn off the gas to the boiler, is this necessary?

Thanks for the reply Softus...very useful. So what do I have to do before I get to the stage of actually draining the system? I assume that I have to turn the boiler off but after that does anything need closing off before I start draining away?

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...