tiling behind a rad

[king.module]

morning all

just a quick one (ohh errrr misses!!!)

going to start tiling a bathroom in the next week or so and was wondering if there's an easy way to tile behind a raditator?

can a rad be loosened at the pipes so you can 'swing it down' a bit or have you got to drain the system and remove it?

cheers

 

[ChrisR]

You can fold it down as long as there's anough slack in the pipes to allow you to lift it off its brackets.

 

[king.module]

ta ChrisR

 

[bathjobby]

Assuming it has valves, turn them off and remove it.

 

[ChrisR]

You have to LOOSEN the valves a bit, perhaps that wasn't obvious. Then nip them up again when it's down. Saves draining the radiator.

 

[bathjobby]

But a good opportunity to do so, there is usually crud in there if it has been more than around 6 months since last flushed and treated !

 

[king.module]

You have to LOOSEN the valves a bit, perhaps that wasn't obvious. Then nip them up again when it's down. Saves draining the radiator.

LOL - yeah i realised that - though could've been quite unfortunate if i didn't know that


bathjobby - cheers for the suggestion but luckily (or 'unlucky' depending how you think) that's it's not required as we had a new boiler put in a couple of months back.

 

[nstreet]

If you are dropping the rad of the wall, place some blocks under the rad so that the pipe run remains level, if your pipe run to the rad is along a wall (as oposed to those that come through the floor). This help take some of the stress whilst the rad is laying down.