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That's exactly what I was thinking wet rag around the soldered joint, to prevent the solder from melting that side.

Can you solder one side of an end feed 15mm elbow, then solder the other end after or do you need to do both at the same time?

Thats good advice. I appreciate that Thankyou for your help.

This is how I'm running the pipework, is this correct? Don't find soldering a leak free joint a problem but layout I'm struggling with! So the T part of the equal on both pipes will go off to the towel rad by going through the stud to the right then exit through the plasterboard. Or is there a...

Yeah that's the thought I did have box it in slightly.

Yeah it is artex. I have had to chase out another wall the same for electrics unfortunately no way around it. Wore a respirator while doing it, but not really sure what you are supposed to do since it's everywhere and trades have to deal with it all the time.

That's what I thought too. Struggling a bit here though, towel rad sitting in position 2 is too deep and door will not fully open especially with angled valves protruding from rad. Looks like I'm gonna have to go with option 1 but could run pipes through studwork then exist out from side of...

Yes mate you are spot on with where the picture was taken and the layout. I think I will go with option 2 then, 1 is a bit more of a faff that I don't need right now lol! only thing is the door will open onto it but it should be by much. Thanks so much for your help on this, I do appreciate it...

Sure no probs! So red line is the floor chase. The copper is the pipes. The 1/2 is the possible location of towel rad. 3 is the tall designer rad.

The plastic that is running through the floor is JG hot/cold supply running from one side of my kitchen, through dining room to toilet to supply hot/cold to toilet/sink. The CH flow/return that supplied the previous rad are capped off on the other side of the room (diagonally) from where the rad...

Thats a good idea, the only issue I have is the hot/cold water supply pipes on the right that the rad pipe would cross over/under? how would you tackle that?

lol believe it or not thats the original colour of the artex wall, I'm skimming that once this pipework is done and boarded over. 15mm in the floor, they did feed a single large radiator, now thats been removed and are servicing a single tall radiator and a smallish towel radiator. Will use...

I need some input on how you would layout the pipework on this run to two radiators. One is on the other side of the stud wall (vertical rad), the other will be on the pink wall to the right and will be a towel radiator. I have attached a couple of pics to show you, but pipes are coming up...

Do they have to be insulated? it's only about 1.5 metres.

Yeah made the run now, didnt have an angle grinder so used a cordless tool with a smaller diamond disc that done the same sort of thing, used an SDS but found my 15kg breaker was handy! I have conduit to run the copper pipe in so no worries with corrosion, with copper joints that are soldered...

When you do this is there anything easier than using an sds, also when you reach the stud wall, would you notch the base plate then come up through the inside of the wall then horizontally out to the rad or chase underneath the base plate of the stud wall and come up through the floor in the...

Many thanks, I dont think putting a bleed valve above the door frame would work and having an access panel to it would look a bit pants. Guess my only option is to chase out the floor and come up in copper.

A couple of things on this, how would going through the ceiling and then dropping down again be any different from what I have already done in terms of airlocks? If it's just a no no in general, then in terms of chasing out floor, how would you run the pipework from it's current location?

Many thanks but how is going up from where the pipes come into the room, over the ceiling and down through the steel any different to what I have already done in terms of airlocks?

Yeah I can't disagree with you. Bit disappointed with myself on this to be honest. Don't really want to have to go through the steel, will be a real ball ache having an engineer involved too just for a rad. Would probably be easier overall to break up the floor and screed over. Be no issues with...