Help me remove my radiator please

morg · 27 Aug 2007

hello, can you please explain how I remove this radiator? I am decorating you see and need to fit new scurtins as well, has to come off.

I have no idea which nut to unscrew. Does the water need to be switched off as well? And what's that about clockwise to un-screw? Has it always been the opposite to normal nuts&bolts?

please help, do i remove A,B or C?
thx

Please excuse my lack of understanding.

GeckoGas-com · 27 Aug 2007

LMAO - Let me see the damage when it all goes pear shaped

Ok; left hand side; make sure the bit above A is turned off (Clockwise) and undo nut C

Right hand side; make sure that TRV is turned fully off and undo nut B

Best of luck with this as not all TRV's shut fully and can open up randomly if they get too cold

Dan Robinson · 27 Aug 2007

Tighten spindle A on second picture, counting the number of turns (important that).

Close the big thermostatic handle on top right hand side of rad.

Now with rag, bucket, and helper open the bleed screw and drain the water out until it stops. If it does not stop you are goosed.

When it stops you now the the second valve you utnred has shut off completely.

Good news that.

Now with bucket, and helper, tighten the bleed screw again, and undo the nut B on the third picture. Ping the valve out of the way and hold thumb tightly over radiator opening.

Get helper ('cos this is the messy one) to repeat the process with nut C on second picture.

Rad will now lift off wall and be carried outside where you can remove fingers and pour sludge down the drain.

Would advise either working effing quickly and reversing the process, or getting off cut of pipe with nut and olive and cap to temporaily make sure that if the thermostatic valve decides to open you don't get a different kind of decor than you intend. Or an even more elegant solution would be to have a 1/2" black iron cap ready to screw onto trv thread if it won't shut off fully.

gas4you · 27 Aug 2007

Could have a 1/2" black iron cap ready to screw onto trv thread if it won't shut off fully.

morg · 27 Aug 2007

Thank you very much for the advice and help

I will do this tomorrow, because I have not got a spanner that fits

Have to buy one, is it a 24mm spanner that's needed?

thanks again

Dan Robinson · 27 Aug 2007

You'll need two - equal and opposite force - otherwise you'll screw the pipe.

gas4you · 27 Aug 2007

Couldn't tell you what size they are, I use adjustable ones that fit nearly everything.

morg · 28 Aug 2007

Thanks again guys, really appreciate the help. Couldn't of done it without you, no problem getting it off.

Though it was quite scary un-doing the last nut, got a right facefull of water so I screwed it back in, but as you adviced, I popped it off quickly again, then into the bucket.

My first ever radiator removal, It feels good

Thank You

And now I can spray paint the radiator as well.

BTW the TRV seems ok, slight drip but nothing major

Agile · 28 Aug 2007

Be aware that you have been lucky!

Many older TRVs ( like yours ) leak, sometimes quite badly !

Another problem is that water is often quite black and stains anything that gets wet.

Tony

gas4you · 28 Aug 2007

Agile said:
Another problem is that water is often quite black and stains anything that gets wet.

Tony

As we can see on the floor

GeckoGas-com · 28 Aug 2007

8) Well done

Now you just gotta get it back on when the works done.... My tip; use a small amount of PTFE on the olives attached to the tails on the rad - Not too much; just enough to ensure a good seal is made.

Dan Robinson · 28 Aug 2007

morg said:
Though it was quite scary un-doing the last nut, got a right facefull of water so I screwed it back in, but as you adviced, I popped it off quickly again, then into the bucket.

I told you to put a firend at that end

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