How much to move a radiator

stphnstevey

Any ideas how much it would cost to move a radiator from one side of the same wall to the other? Or just cap it off and remove radiator?

GUMPO

Do you mean one end of the room to another or an ajoining room next door?

Sorry if this is just me being a bit thick.

towseriv

Depends on how much pipe work needs to be movend really and how much of your floor boards need to come up also. Also the way your beams run. If your beams are in the way every floor board over beams will have to be raised and a channel made into the beam to accomadate the pipes. I changed a radiator in the bathroom to a towel rail. After three hours I was really annoyed since it was supposed to be an easy job and that was on the same wall.

If the beams are not in the way and it is easy to locate the pipework and extend it then only a couple of hours if tall the beams need to be channel could be a as much as a full day.

John_T_5

I have just been quoted £190 to get a radiator moved from one wall to another, approximately 2 metres apart, I live outside Glasgow, the price is dependent on where in the country you are and availability of plumbers, I probably could get a cheaper quote, if I could actually get anoher plumber to come out and give me one.

jockettuk

ohhhhhh this has been the bain of my life for 12 months

oh moved to aylesbury and we have 3 rooms that the radiator is on the wall we wanted them moved to under the window to give us more room.

firstly trying to get a plumber to come get the jobs has been a nightmare, not worth my while etc some qoted £600 to make it worth there while etc etc

eventually a bit of luck and we got a plumber he teaches at the local college and he moved them for £200 but we supplied the rads he supplied the pipes..

tru

In our house, we've removed one radiator in the lounge and moved two, one in the lounge and one in a bedroom. We're about to move the one in the kitchen - we get bored and like to rearrange things We've done it all ourselves, have a look HERE

stphnstevey

Thanks for your posts so far. Maybe should have made it a bit clearer.



We have a short section of wall seperating the dining room and the conservatory. Actually want to move (or cap off) a radiator in the conservatory to the 'other side' of the SAME wall, so that it would be in the dining room.

The reason for this is that we recently bought the house and the 'conservatory' is really just a lean too (or half a greenhouse) with no real heat insulation (single glazed with several gaps). I am worried that during the winter the lean too might get so cold that it would freeze the water in the radiator or pipes and cause problems with the rest of the system.

It should be fairly simple as the pipework comes down from the ceiling above and not under the floor. It comes into the dining room and then through the wall into the conservatory. As it starts off in the dining room, only a very small section of pipe would need to be removed (the pipe that goes through the wall). It would then just need rejoining round the otherside of the wall.

I would do this myself, but I am not too confident with draining the system down. Anybody any good websites with details on draining the system down?

BobProperty

try this site:
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/FITTING_A_RADIATOR.htm

stphnstevey

Thanks Bob, sounds simple, but doesn't tell you exactly how to isolate the supply to the header tank. Anybody able to put this more simple (I am a bit!)

ollyk

stphnstevey wrote:

Thanks Bob, sounds simple, but doesn't tell you exactly how to isolate the supply to the header tank. Anybody able to put this more simple (I am a bit!)

assuming you have a header tank just tie up the ball !!!! with a piece of wood and string so when the system is drained the tank can no longer fill!

stphnstevey

Ok. Sounds like it's not as hard as I thought. I'll give it a try. Thanks