Taking radiator off, for wallpaper, how??

[Alex evans]

hi!

im planning to wallpaper my hallway and landing. and also, at a later dte, lounge.

this equates to 3 rads in the feckin' way.

so how do i take it off?

and also, afterputting it back on after, do i need to top up my system, or does it just work by magic?

my system at the moment is them old boilers and headertank in the loft, with a hot water tank.

so how would i go about this?

do note, im not sure if this belongs in decorating forum or plumbing

 

[Iamchamps]

Turn off both valves either side of radiator and then drain radiator, remove, decorate, put back on and fill back up. After doing this I would recommend bleeding all radiators for any trapped air.

YouTube has some easy to follow videos to help with this.

 

[opps]

And make sure that the header tank automatically fills up.

I once replaced the rads and didn't realise that the ball valve on the header tank had failed. My oversight resulted in the boiler pump running dry and blowing...