Removing a radiator
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If the system runs in parallel, maybe, in series, no. The water-flow would stop at the dead end and won't magically restart at the other dead end (or dead start, if you like).
You Could simply run a tube from the last port, before the radiator and straight to the next port after the radiator, bypassing it.
You Could simply run a tube from the last port, before the radiator and straight to the next port after the radiator, bypassing it.
It’s unlikely a ‘modern’ system would be plumbed like that. If you turned a radiator off (TRV or manually) then the rest of the system would turn off.
@OP You can turn the valves off and remove the radiator. You can then put caps on those valves to cap them off. You’ll have the valves sicking out the wall not attached to anything which is a bit naff looking. You’ll also need to be careful not to bash them and cause a leak. They’ll not be really secured to anything and you can easily damage the pipe work in the wall.
If you want to remove the two valves and cap the pipes themselves you’ll need to drain the system down which is a bigger job.
You might need to rebalance the system as you removed a radiator.