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There is a radiator in my parents house that is falling off the wall that I want to fix before it falls off. I've already replaced another radiator in their house last year but this one is proving to be a bit more difficult.
I'm trying to undo the nut by moving the adjustable wrench on the left from the floor towards the wall and I'm using the footprint wrench to try and prevent the valve from moving but no joy. I also tried moving the other direction just to make sure I wasn't moving it in the wrong direction but that didn't work either.
I had read on here to try heating up the nut with the blow torch (which in retrospective is dangerous seeing that the tail is pex)
But that isn't work either (though I forgot to try both directions even if everything I've read online says the nut moves in a clockwise direction when looking at the end of the radiator).
What I am thinking of doing next is to try and do a live fix by with using bungs (eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JPC12O6/) but by blocking these two pipes circled in red
There is a back boiler in the house too so there is an extra overflow pipe which I plan on blocking too.
So my question is have I done anything wrong in what I've already done and is my plan to replace the valves in a live fix (but creating a lock with the bungs) sound like it would work or am I planning on doing something crazy?
Also what sort of nut is that on the TRV?
As the lock shield side is what I would be expecting
And for reference this is is why I'm trying to remove the radiator
I'm trying to undo the nut by moving the adjustable wrench on the left from the floor towards the wall and I'm using the footprint wrench to try and prevent the valve from moving but no joy. I also tried moving the other direction just to make sure I wasn't moving it in the wrong direction but that didn't work either.
I had read on here to try heating up the nut with the blow torch (which in retrospective is dangerous seeing that the tail is pex)
But that isn't work either (though I forgot to try both directions even if everything I've read online says the nut moves in a clockwise direction when looking at the end of the radiator).
What I am thinking of doing next is to try and do a live fix by with using bungs (eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JPC12O6/) but by blocking these two pipes circled in red
There is a back boiler in the house too so there is an extra overflow pipe which I plan on blocking too.
So my question is have I done anything wrong in what I've already done and is my plan to replace the valves in a live fix (but creating a lock with the bungs) sound like it would work or am I planning on doing something crazy?
Also what sort of nut is that on the TRV?
As the lock shield side is what I would be expecting
And for reference this is is why I'm trying to remove the radiator
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