Advice On Remove One Upstairs Radiator

[Jonj1611]

Hi,

First post so here goes.

I need to remove a single radiator with a thermostatic knob on it from my daughters room, its in the upstairs bedroom, our house has a combi boiler.

I have contacted a plumber who says the whole system needs to drained for the radiator to be removed and is quoting me £70

Does this sound right? As I was under the impression that the system doesn't need to be drained, just the valve's closed on the rad pipework?

Thank you

 

[denso13]

TRVs differ, and it is better to remove the head and fit the plastic cap it came with, which I bet you now don't have . If it's only going to be off a short time just close both valves.

 

[Jonj1611]

Hi,

Thanks for replying, now I don't have the cap that came with it, and it will be off for a few years :/

But what about draining the system? Does that sound right? Basically i don't want to do the job myself as its not my place, its rented but I don't want to get ripped off either :/

 

[denso13]

If it's off for a few years I'd definately drain down and cap the pipes. Especially if rented, the valves would be too easy to mess about with.

 

[Jonj1611]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply

Yeah he was on about draining the boiler/system and then putting inhibitor or something back in it.

I thought just the rad needed to be drained and then the pipes capped?

 

[Jonj1611]

Hi,

I think I have buggered up asking what I actually need done, as you can tell I am not a DIY person.

Right after talking to other people who have all been on about draining the system and things.

All I need doing is the radiator taken off, the pipes and valves can all remain in place, when I said about a cap, I just meant a cap over the end of the thermostatic valve where it would normally connect to the rad.

Thanks
Jon

 

[yerino]

As long as the valves shut off then yes.

You can turn off both of the valves and crack a nut (going onto the radiator) to drain any water in the radiator into a little dish and then obviously remove the radiator.

You can then cap off the valves using these -

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/200791539042?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla

..which just screw onto the valve incase somebody accidently turns it on.

 

[dcawkwell]

My experience of thermostatic valves is they all leak and you end
up having to drain the system down.

So much for progress.

 

[Jonj1611]

Hi,

Many thanks for the comments everyone.

In the end my ex brother in law did it, I forgot he's corgi registered lol.

Anyway, only took 10 minutes and no leaks so all good in the end