How to remove the radiator?

[bettz1]

We're having a log burner installed in a month or so and we need to remove the radiator. How easy would this be? It looks like it's Hep2o fit piping.

 

[denso13]

Remove the pipe run or cap it in the wall

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Close the valves at either end, you can then take the radiator off, after draining it. Removing the stubs of pipework, will need the system draining. Why not leave in place, working - you may not always have the stove lit?

 

[bettz1]

Close the valves at either end, you can then take the radiator off, after draining it. Removing the stubs of pipework, will need the system draining. Why not leave in place, working - you may not always have the stove lit?

The stove is going in the corner, the idea is to use the stove to save some money on the heating,so didn't think we'd need it and well it's in the way.

 

[CountryFan]

As per @denso13 and it’s Hep2o not speedfit.

 

[avonmouth]

The stove is going in the corner, the idea is to use the stove to save some money on the heating,so didn't think we'd need it and well it's in the way.

LOL....have you seen the price of logs ?

 

[dilalio]

At a job on Christmas eve.
Private estate with 4 mansion properties.
A big fir tree had come down across the drive and narrowly missed one of the mansions and an Aston Martin.

The emergency tree surgeons made a fair bit extra (and saved on disposal) by selling the logs to the 4 property owners who were practically fighting over who got what lol!

 

[ChrisJP]

If the radiator is not actually obstructing where the stove is going, I would leave it in place. You can then see if you actually save any money by turning it off when the stove is burning. A better plan would be to fit the radiator with a thermostatic valve so it turns itself off when the stove had mande the room warm.
When you've added the cost of logs to your central heating fuel bill, I doubt that you'll save much money. Still, a wood burning stove is very nice to sit by!