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Hello all, Many thanks to all for your hints and tips. Sorry for delay in responding: I was waiting until I'd done the job. I can now report back, in the hope that it might be useful to someone. I first tried to remove the tail by the overtighten-onto-the-valve method. Even when I'd...

Thanks - I this sounds like the same as I was trying to describe. Per my original question, do you know from experience whether this is effective, and also whether tightening it that much will damage the joint from the tail onto the valve (which I'd prefer not to for reasons outlined above)...

Okay, thanks very much for your help. Only trouble is, it's 3/4". I've now discovered this other topic: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=190656 The original poster in that topic said he broke one of those allen keys trying to remove a 3/4" tail. There seem to be a few...

Thanks, but I don't see how that can be used. The bleed valve and the blanking plug look like they are designed to be removed with one of those allen keys. But the tail pipes feeding the radiator would appear to have circular internal cross section (at least if the new ones are anything to go...

A newbie question here... I have some old rads with tails and valves that look extremely similar to what's shown in this photo: http://tinyurl.com/8aa9bvj i.e. there is a standard 15mm compression joint onto the pipe, but the connection to the radiator tail is rather larger, I think 3/4"...