Removing radiator

aetbaar

I wanted to remove an old style radiator from the bathroom and then leave it disconnected for a week whilst I removed the old tiles and then put the new tiles up

I will then replace with a chrome towel radiator

I was going to drain the system and then remove the radiator and attach isolation valves on each pipe that will be left – will this be ok or will it affect the flow of the water and heating to the rest of the house in which case I can put a pipe between the two pipe so the flow continues

Any advice appreciated - thanks

ValHaller

I can give you the straight answer, but I think a practical test will be more convincing.

Run you heating with the radiator in question turned right off. If everything works fine, you don't need a connecting pipe.

ed110220

I thought that often a bathroom radiator could not be turned off, to ensure at least one radiator was on when the heating was on.

ValHaller

ed110220 wrote: »

I thought that often a bathroom radiator could not be turned off, to ensure at least one radiator was on when the heating was on.

Unlikely. It may have 2 lockshield valves, which provide no means of adjustment without a tool, but you could still isolate it. OP would have to choose another radiator to stay on permanently

ed110220

ValHaller wrote: »

Unlikely. It may have 2 lockshield valves, which provide no means of adjustment without a tool, but you could still isolate it. OP would have to choose another radiator to stay on permanently

I meant in the sense of normal operation as in unable to turn down/off rather than closing the lockshields.

keystone

aetbaar wrote: »

I wanted to remove an old style radiator from the bathroom and then leave it disconnected for a week whilst I removed the old tiles and then put the new tiles up

I will then replace with a chrome towel radiator

I was going to drain the system and then remove the radiator and attach isolation valves on each pipe that will be left – will this be ok or will it affect the flow of the water and heating to the rest of the house in which case I can put a pipe between the two pipe so the flow continues

Any advice appreciated - thanks

Inevitably the pipe centres will be different so you will need to look at rearranging the plumbing before you retile. No you do not need to link flow and return together. Just turn the valves off.

Cheers

keystone

ed110220 wrote: »

I thought that often a bathroom radiator could not be turned off, to ensure at least one radiator was on when the heating was on.

In many older unvented systems the bathroom rad is connected to the primary circuit and is independent of the CH system. Not only does that allow the bathroom rad to be on when the heating is off it also acts as a bypass.

Cheers