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Removing a radiator to decorate


Helen

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A couple of years ago, at considerable expense, we got the local heating company to put loads of antigel into our heating system (fioul-fired).

We now want to remove one radiator in order to re-tile the bathroom wall on which it is sitting. In England we are well used to removing a single radiator to decorate and then topping the circuit up again when we replace it. But is it possible to do the same thing in a closed system such as we have in France? We really don't want to drain down the whole system, given the cost of the antigel.

Thanks

Helen
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Close the radiator valves and then crack one of the unions that connects it to the radiator and place a container underneath to collect the contents of the radiator. After a little has come out it will slow to a trickle. Remove the bleed screw to allow it to flow out faster. Tile, replace the radiator.
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Thanks - that sounds reassuringly the same as we do with our system in England. We wondered if the pressure in the system would prevent the valves from closing properly (or even at all) but presumably not.

New bathroom here we come!

Helen
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