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    Aug 11, 2013, 03:32 AM
    Removing radiator
    I need to remove a radiator in our toilet to plaster behind it I no the process in removing radiator but when I loosen both nuts there is no giv in the pipes and nuts just lock back onto thread any advice would be grateful thanks in advance.
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    Aug 11, 2013, 07:29 AM
    Hi Pete

    In cases like this you remove the floor plates around the pipes (usually chrome) and see how open the holes are around the pipes. If need be, remove some of the wood or tile floor (but not so much that you go beyond the floor plates) around the pipes... should allow you to flex the pipes a bit.

    If that doesn't give enough play in the pipes (it really should) then you take a crow bar and leverage one end of the radiator out of the fitting/valve... other end comes off easy after that.

    Good luck

    Mark
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    Aug 11, 2013, 08:08 AM
    Hi mark
    Thanks for reply ,pipes lead through a solid wall off another radiator how far do these connections go in roughly ?
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    Aug 11, 2013, 01:00 PM
    Not far if they are ground joint valves/fittings... see picture below. These fittings are about the same depth if on an angle valve (as in the picture below) or on straight valves.

    If you have an angle valve you can always loosen the angle valve (or angle elbow) on one end... will allow the "spud side" to rotate out. Then you can remove the angle valve, do work on the radiator and reinstall. Be sure to remove the angle valve entirely and then use new pipe dope on threads to reinstall the angle valve. On the last turn of the angle valve, put radiator in place and spin the angle valve into place as you rotate the radiator into place... make sense?

    If I'm off track here I guess the next thing would be for you to post a picture to the site and then I'll see what I can come up with, OK?

    Mark
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