Radiator help

[Colv6]

Any plumbers out there

I have two radiators the same size one double panel in the bathroom one single panel in the bedroom can I swap them about by having heating turned off and shuting the valves, or do I have to drain the system first ?

 

[36red]

Not a plumber but to take a radiator off the wall you don't have to drain the system, have you looked on youtube?

 

[Colv6]

No just a thought I had tonight the bath room is roasting and the bedroom just warm, I thought the same as you but just wanted to be sure. YouTube here I come

 

[Idledawn]

Straight swop pal.. valves off.. bleed after completion .. check boiler press if on combi..

 

[Colv6]

Great just what I wanted to hear thanks for the help

 

[pabloescaban]

Great just what I wanted to hear thanks for the help

Once both valves are turned off, be careful when opening the nuts.
Sometimes the valves don't work

 

[Colv6]

When you say both valves do you mean the thermostat valve and the balance valve on each rad or just the thermostat valve on each ?

 

[urie]

Great just what I wanted to hear thanks for the help

you may need to turn the brackets to suit pipe distance from wall could be different or elongate the hole where pipes come up to suit.

 

[steptoe]

thermo valve and lockshield valve both need closed off
there will still be the water the rad holds that you will need to have a couple of basins for
you will need to bleed the system afterwards, and perhaps top up the pressure if its a combi system

 

[urie]

When you say both valves do you mean the thermostat valve and the balance valve on each rad or just the thermostat valve on each ?

you need to shut both valves on each radiator

 

[Colv6]

Thanks all

 

[urie]

Also if combi boiler you could just drain system and open bleed valves on the two radiators you want to change the other radiators will loose very little water.

 

[Colv6]

Ok thanks I no what I am doing this weekend

 

[steptoe]

Also if combi boiler you could just drain system and open bleed valves on the two radiators you want to change the other radiators will loose very little water.

every rad will empty that way,
unless its a drop down system where the downstairs is fed from upstairs,
and that is a whole new nightmare of problems waiting to happen with syphoning effects etc and trying to bleed every single rad again, plus new inhibitor

 

[Colv6]

Thanks I will stick to shutting the valves off and refilling the combi