Radiator removal for decorating

[Stringman_uk]

Hi all

I need to remove a radiator for decorating.
It is the bottom radiator of a pressurised (combi boiler).
It has a trv on the left and the standard valve on the right. also on the right is a drain valve ( that doesnt seem to work) (another rad in the next room also has a drain valve)

I have read various posts but just want to confirm that my plans are correct:

I was intending to:
switch off the boiler
shut both valves on the radiator (manually tighten the trv

Do i need to shut off all the valves on the other rads?

drain the radiator by loosening off one valve

does it matter which one is first?

loosen bleed valve
loosen off the other valve
tilt and drain rad
check valves for leaks
cap if required
switch boiler back on and check pressure

Does that sound right?

The only thing I am really unsure of is if I need to turn off all the other rad valves.

Thanks in advance

 

[Wayners]

Turn both valves off.
Hold the right valve with wrench. Jam your knee against your hand thats holding wrench. This will stop valve moving as you could cause a leak from pipe.
Place spanner on the right side nut.
Right up man.. means you lift wrench up on the right side to undo.
Left side repeat however, this time the spanner is down to undo.
Don't over tighten when you put back on. Just a gentle soft tighten and leave.

No need to turn off other radiators. Why would you unless you're draining system to work on it. I have inhibitor in my system so I keep the treated water in the radiators when I drain system by turning them off.
You also could get air locks draining system and radiators.
Your only working on one radiator that you are isolating so leave the others alone.

 

[Stringman_uk]

Turn both valves off.
Hold the right valve with wrench. Jam your knee against your hand thats holding wrench. This will stop valve moving as you could cause a leak from pipe.
Place spanner on the right side nut.
Right up man.. means you lift wrench up on the right side to undo.
Left side repeat however, this time the spanner is down to undo.
Don't over tighten when you put back on. Just a gentle soft tighten and leave.

No need to turn off other radiators. Why would you unless you're draining system to work on it. I have inhibitor in my system so I keep the treated water in the radiators when I drain system by turning them off.
You also could get air locks draining system and radiators.
Your only working on one radiator that you are isolating so leave the others alone.

Thanks for that- makes the job much simpler than I thought!

 

[ChrisJP]

Do you really need to remove the radiator to decorate? Is there enough room behind the radiator to use a suitably cranked small brush to paint the wall behind it (at least the visible part)
It seems an awful lot of trouble to remove the radiator and you may well get leaks from the joints when you re-install it

 

[If in doubt...]

Do you really need to remove the radiator to decorate? Is there enough room behind the radiator to use a suitably cranked small brush to paint the wall behind it (at least the visible part)
It seems an awful lot of trouble to remove the radiator and you may well get leaks from the joints when you re-install it

Have to admit I always removed radiators before decorating myself but then had some decorators in to do my kitchen and they didn't remove them and just ran a paint brush round the edge reaching in around 2 inches. Looked absolutely fine and left me wondering why the hell I went through all that pain of removing rads before. OK this is for solid radiators, not those with slots you can see the wall through.

 

[Stringman_uk]

Thanks for all the replies and sorry for not replying myself- got caught up with other stuff. I dont need to remove it- I could flip it down, but it would block the hall way- need to come down as its being painted.
Thanks all though especially Wayners