I'm Doing a loft conversion and I'm at the stage of doubling joists. Theres and existing radiator in the loft space from a previous conversion which didn't receive a building warrant. I need to remove the radiator and the pipes connected to them as they are in the way and prevent me from doubling the joists. My question is what is the easiest way of doing this? A radiator will be installed in roughly the same place and annother will be installed on the other side of the room. The existing radiator has two pipes coming from it, I'm assuming a flow and a return pipe. I'm thinking that if the radiator is removed an the flow valve closed, then logic tells me that it would be the same as cutting the flow and return pipes and capping them until I need to reconnect them after all the structural changes/ plasterboarding has been completed. Given that I'm doing the loft in my spare time the radiators will not be installed until the end of the summer or there abouts. Is this okay to cap the pipes without this effecting the heating system/ circulation? Also are there any issues with air getting into the system when doing this? Should I drain the system? Someone told me that air can get into the boiler and damage it, but the boiler is new (1 year old) and should have an automatic air release valve, is this right?
Advice please.
Many thanks,
Ollieman.
Advice please.
Many thanks,
Ollieman.
