Hi all
looking to see if i can do a radiator swap old for new,
i only have a small 2 bed place, downstairs i have a living room rad and a kitchen rad, and upstairs would be 2 bedrooms and bathroom
ideally looking to start with kitchen one, i am thinking of swapping one to see if i could do it on my own, size up, buy, plan, isolate, swap etc,
this is without draining the system. the ones downstairs are currently old double paned, the ones upstairs are old single paned. i was going to buy flowmaster replacements from screwfix, get the size the same ideally, i think they come with free thermalstatic valves but id have to check with screwfix what they are throwing in as free valves or if its worth paying a couple of quid more for some better than the free ones,
ill need some plumbers tape etc,
If im thinking i should be able to do the swap by isolating the rad im working on, then draining the rad, removing, fitting new one etc un-isolating,
I did read that you may want to do a metal fragment clean ? something about doing something with a magnet in the system to get rid of any metal fragments? is this needed?
looking to see if i can do a radiator swap old for new,
i only have a small 2 bed place, downstairs i have a living room rad and a kitchen rad, and upstairs would be 2 bedrooms and bathroom
ideally looking to start with kitchen one, i am thinking of swapping one to see if i could do it on my own, size up, buy, plan, isolate, swap etc,
this is without draining the system. the ones downstairs are currently old double paned, the ones upstairs are old single paned. i was going to buy flowmaster replacements from screwfix, get the size the same ideally, i think they come with free thermalstatic valves but id have to check with screwfix what they are throwing in as free valves or if its worth paying a couple of quid more for some better than the free ones,
ill need some plumbers tape etc,
If im thinking i should be able to do the swap by isolating the rad im working on, then draining the rad, removing, fitting new one etc un-isolating,
I did read that you may want to do a metal fragment clean ? something about doing something with a magnet in the system to get rid of any metal fragments? is this needed?