How to Permantly Cap off a Radiator that you want to remove?

ronan45

I am removing non load bearing partition wall between kitchen and dining room ,which has a radiator on this wall. House is 4 years old , with a Gas Vokera Mynute 14SE boiler.

The radiator in question has plastic flow & return pipes from wall into centre of radiator. When I remove radiator , I will need to cut these pipes back to remove the wall etc.

Do I need to drain the CH system to do this , or can I cut pipes back and cap them ?

Any advice much appreciated.

Outkast_IRE

to be honest it sounds like you dont have the foggiest what your messing with here and could easily end up half flooding the place, just get someone in to give ya a hand.

ronan45

Ah i thought it was something we could do ourselves .
We are 5 guys in a house, 1 is a structural engineer, One a Carpenter, One a mechanic, One an Electrician. One a welder

And we have a labourer

No bloody plumber lol, typical

We know a few people but no-one can look till next week gurrr

ronan45

OK so update the central heating system must be drained by the drain valve. Usually located on a downstairs rad. Ill try to find and update later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn008wmHr_A

ronan45

TAKEN FROM ANOTHER SITE

First make sure the water feeds are off and no more water can get into the system.

Close all the radiator valves, but remember to open them when you have a working drain off one.

There are few ways of doing this.

You can cut the pipe just below a radiator valve if the radiator valves are close and put on a Speedfit/Pushfit drain cock on the feed end. You will get some spillage but not much.

You can just freeze a pipe on the ground floor then cut it and add a drain point.

You can use self-cutting washing machine fitting on the ground floor. (There design to be use on 15mm copper pipe.)

Then just connect a garden hose and drain down that way.

Then when the system is empty just repair the damage pipe work and fit one of the ground floor radiators with a drain off lock shield.

There about £4 and I have found work better that freeze.

sullzz

ronan45 wrote: »

The radiator in question has plastic flow & return pipes from wall into centre of radiator. When I remove radiator , I will need to cut these pipes back to remove the wall etc.
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If pipes are coming out of the wall they are more than likely dropping down the wall from the ceiling , get somebody who knows what they are doing in to give you a hand , if you don't even know how to drain the system how are you going to be able to refill properly and clear airlocks which you will get on a system on drops