Radiator not working/pipes broken

IvyFlood

Hello

We have a radiator in one of our rooms that doesn’t work. The pipes don’t heat up either. A local plumber said that one of the valves was bent and that the whole system would need draining in order to sort it. Being the middle of Winter we were reluctant to do this at the time but now we are wanting to get it sorted as we would like to start using the room. The pipes underneath the radiator are all exposed, the room itself is an extension put on in the 1980s and the wall in question backs on to what would have been the original outer wall of the house. I’m not sure why it’s all been left exposed (previous owners had a radiator cover over it when we viewed the house) but it looks awful!

Before we get the plumber back round, does this sound like something that’s easily fixed? Can you replace pipework easily?

Grenage

Yes, it should be a simple job to replace a knackered valve.

Carrot007

IvyFlood wrote: »

Can you replace pipework easily?

Yes. Unless someone has put it somewhere inaccessible. In which case add the cost to access it (average people may believe it all to be inaccessible, but it should nopt be!)