How To Remove A Towel Radiator, Removing A Ladder Radiator, Home D.I.Y
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- Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2021
- How To Remove A Towel Radiator, Removing A Ladder Radiator, Home D.I.Y
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100% clear and useful instructions, just what I was looking for to repaint that awkward part of the wall. Thank you and your little helper so much!
Many thanks for your message, and so pleased that the video has helped.
Enjoy your decorating if you can 🖌️🎨
Thank you! This has just helped me (the clumsiest, least practical person on the planet) remove a towel radiator as part of redecorating a bathroom. Here's hoping reinstallation is as simple! 🙂
Tony, fantastic that it’s helped you. If you can take it off then it’s just the reverse to put back on.
Much cheaper then getting a plumber in.
Hope the rest of the bathroom goes well for you. I’m in the process of now doing my shower. Such a pain to do when you have children and a normal job.
Really helpful video - some great tips, thank you!
Many thanks for watching. Hope it helps you.
Well done Reuben!
Thanks for watching and the message 👍
Great guide! Thank you!
Hi Owen.
Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message me, very much appreciated.
Glad to be of assistance in providing some guidance to you. Hope your decorating goes well 🛠️🌻
Thanks buddy
Will be doing this next week
No problem. Cheers for the message. Hope everything goes well with the project.
Thanks for the vid!
No problem, hope it’s been of use to you.
Could I put the central heating on whilst the towel rail is still off? Great vid btw, really helpful
So long as the valve is shut and not leaking then you are fine to run the heating system.
Thanks for watching 👍
Thankyou so much for your very simple ho to video 😊👍
Many thanks for taking the time to watch and to message, much appreciated 👍
This is really useful & I love your DIY videos; I have a RUclips list of helpful DIY projects/tips & this along with the brilliant plumbing olive tip are in pride of place. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So glad that you like the DIY bits too. Your husband is lucky to have a practical wife. Mine is the same and it makes jobs so much easier, sometimes!!
Me to now ;)
Great video. I have the non-thermostatic valves on both sides - does it matter what side I undo first? Thanks!
Hi and thanks for the message, and for watching.
It makes absolutely no difference which values you do first.
@@diyhomeandgardening Thanks for the quick reply :)
@@stewartv6859 no problem. Good luck
Thanks for uploading, when I tried unscrewing the nut on the right, water flowed upwards from the pipe feeding the radiator despite closing off the valve. Any idea where I am going wrong?
Hi and thanks for the message. Sorry about the delayed reply.
So long as you closed off both valves, 1 either side, then there would be no flow into the radiator.
Are the valves thermostatic types like the ones in my video? If they are not thermostatic types them there would be a plastic cap over the valve screw that pops off to allow for the valve to be closed using either flat head screwdriver or a spanner.
If the valves are both shut fully and water is still flowing then it sounds as though you have a faulty valve.
Do you need to turn off the water mains? Thank you for sharing
Hi. Thanks for watching and your question.
So long as you have valves fitted, which should be the case, that connect the radiator to the pipework then no you don’t need to turn off the mains water.
You just need to make sure you shut down the valves to stop water flow into the radiator.
If you don’t have valves fitted to the radiator then there should be isolation valves installed to the boiler that allows for isolation of the heating system to normal water. Again no need to turn off the mains.
Always check first though before starting your plumbing jobs. Good luck
Thank you very much for this useful video. My right hand side has no valve to close similar to yours (small white valve). I have only the thermostatic valve. Is this an issue ?
Firstly thanks for watching and glad you found the video useful.
The thermostatic valve will shut down so long as you turn it down to the zero so that’s no problem. The white valve, if it’s a valve will shut down through turning. If it is just a white cover that doesn’t turn anything then that cover will pull, pop, off to reveal a screw type head or rod. This section can then be shut down using either a screw driver, if screw type, or by using a spanner if square rod type.
Once both valves are shut you are good to take the radiator off.
@@diyhomeandgardening Thank you so much. I indeed remove the meral cover and there was a alen scew (8mm). I need to get an alen wrench so I close it. Greate video.
@@b.a.b7834. That’s great to have an easy fix. Saves you some money too in being able to remove the radiator yourself.
Amazing. So I am planning to remove those towel radiators forever from my powder bathroom which obviously gas no shower. And not get them back. I am worried will that make that powder room very cold and will bring more dampness. Basically wgat impact will that removal will have. I live in UK.
Hi.
Thanks for watching and messaging.
If you are planning to remove all methods of heating the room and the room is of a significant size I.e larger than a double wardrobe type area then the room will feel cold.
If the room has windows then the room could also suffer from damp.
I would suggest you look at either replacement of towel radiators to a normal convection radiator or alternatively look at electric underfloor heating.
I would discuss your options with the builder that is, I imagine, going to do the work for you.
Hope this gives you a little more guidance.
Thank you
No problem
Is this guide appropriate for a semi-permanent removal, while we wait months for landlord to replace the existing rusty one?
Thanks for your message.
Yes absolutely. My radiator has been off since I made this video, whilst I decorate and re-do the whole bathroom.
Just keep a check on the isolation valves to make sure they don’t have a slow leak as that can sometimes happen if they have any dirt or rust particles on the valve head.
Hope you get a replacement radiator soon.
Hi thanks for the video tutorial. I followed your advice to remove two upstairs bathroom towel rails. However I’ve now lost hot water in the house, the pressure is on 0 and when I try to refill it water comes out of the open pipe where the radiators were??
My rads are a bit different to yours in that the pipes come out of the wall rather than from the floor.
Really not sure how to fix the pressure issue, any thoughts?
Thanks
Hi Steven. Thanks for watching and messaging.
If you are looking at an open pipe then have you have taken off the radiator valve from the pipe rather than from the radiator. If the answer is yes then you need to put the valve back onto the pipe, and make sure the valve is shut, before sorting out the water pressure.
As you mentioned that the pressure is at 0 I assume that you have a combi boiler. Does that also mean that you no longer have hot water?
@@diyhomeandgardening thanks so much for the speedy reply! And on a bank holiday too…!! Yes that’s what I’ve done, I thought afterwards that maybe I’ve disconnected the wrong part. Will I now be able to disconnect the radiator valve from the radiators and put them back on the pipe to cap off the pipes? Yes it’s a combi boiler. We have no hot water 😩 thank you for your help!
@@stevengreenow1403
Happy to help. Still have time before the funeral!
As you have the whole radiator off, presumably still filled with water, I would suggest take it outside to remove the valves from both sides and allow the water to empty.
Put the valves back onto the radiator, making sure you put them on the sides them came from, just in case there are subtly length differences.
If your fittings are other than brass then you may need to add some PTFE tape to the fitting threads to ensure a water tight seal.
Once valves are on you will be able to re pressurise the system by turning on the flow valve that should sit beneath the boiler.
Once the pressure is above the minimum then your boiler will allow hot water again. Pressure level is normally between 1.5 and 2 bar pressure for most boilers but there should be an indication point to show minimum and maximum.
Hope this helps but if you need more then just message me.
@@diyhomeandgardening ok great thank you. No I drained the radiators before moving them off the wall, so they’re empty 👍
Will see if I can work it out. Thanks so much for your help. Will be sure to let you know how I get on…
@@stevengreenow1403. No problem I’m sure it will work out fine. Enjoy your day
Hi Great video. If I don’t want to replace and just leave, what do I need to do to stop risk of leaks etc?
Hi Martin.
Thanks for the message and for taking the time to watch the video.
Just to check. Are you meaning to remove the radiator all together?
If total removal then you have a couple of options.
Either drain the system a little so that stop ends can be soldered onto the existing riser pipes, either at the height they are or at a lower height, subject to cutting the risers down. This may require flooring to be lifted to get a neat finish without signs of pipe.
Alternatively, and much simpler, is to fit stop ends that are of a compression fitting. With compression fittings you would only need two sets of spanner’s and PTFE tape as an extra precaution.
It all depends on how experienced/handy you are in plumbing.
There are plastic speed fit, push on, stop ends too but make sure you go for a decent grade. I normally use HEP20 as a more commercial and robust make.
If in doubt then get a plumber in.
Good luck with your project👍
@@diyhomeandgardening Thanks for such a quick response…it’s a live project:)
It’s in a utility. All floor up for tiling. Will be behind appliances. Just want to make sure it’s secure after removing. Don’t really want to muck with system to much. It is pressurised. How does option 2 work? What do ask for at shop?
@@bretwalder
Look on Screwfix website, item 65021 Compression Stop End for 15mm pipe.
I did a different plumbing video that is titled, something like, how to go from 3/4” to 22mm pipe. You will be able to see how to fit the ends by the same process.
With the brass fittings you don’t need PTFE tape but it’s a belt and braces application for me.
Hope that helps. Any other questions just ask.
@@diyhomeandgardening Thanks so much. My wife will think I’m a genius. Would love to find a way to thank you. I will
Like and share your site. Not looked where you are based. Have a great day.
@@bretwalder
No problem at all and hopefully you will get those brownie points from your wife. 1 day less of nagging🤞😂
Just don’t be too efficient or you will find yourself with more jobs to tackle before work tomorrow.
Have a good day.
Great, except the video skips the 20 seconds of undoing the nut before swinging the rail around. Water pissing out everywhere until I got the nut off
Hi Chris thanks for watching and the message. I’ll have to check the video as no one has mentioned it previously and I wasn’t aware of any issues.
Water everywhere is never good but at least you managed to get the radiator off.
Enjoy the decorating, I assume that’s your purpose.
Same for me 😢
Thanks for the message.
Did you leave the air vent closed when you loosened the nut, to allow you to rotate the radiator?
If you keep the flow, return and top air vents closed then you won’t have all the water flow out, but it will come out if you take too long to turn the radiator off the wall and over a bucket.
That’s why it’s much easier with 2 people or get low enough to get your thumb over the outlet section of pipe.
Once over the bucket then take you thumb off the outlet and open the air vent to the top of the radiator. As the air comes in the water will rapidly flow out without gurgling.
Hope this helps for next time.
Fucking did this and flooded the whole house, great video tho, just don’t try this when drunk
Hi Alex.
Thanks for watching and the message, it did make me laugh.
Yeah plumbing and being drunk is never a good combination.
Hope everything turned out okay in the end 🤞