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I have a valve on the feed/return of the radiator and i cant shut it off. The trv end shuts off but all my radiators have this (as shown in pic) on the other side which i cant isolate with to change radiator. Help please do i need to drain the whole system to remove one radiator?

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Is the part in your hand a cap
 
Difficult to tell from the angle but is it an Allen key type slot?
 
The centre of the nut is round but is there a different shape below that in the cavity
 
Not sure. It was a mates house he bought an i took that picture earlier today. I will check and see if it ia allenkey inside. I will get back to you on that one tomorrow. Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated
 
Either a slotted screw or an Allen screw below the caps. Most likely Allen screw on modern LS valves that have no exterior spindle
 
As above needs to be shut off with the appropriate allen key count how many turns it takes to close . cheers kop
 
Sanjay Savani said:
I have a valve on the feed/return of the radiator and i cant shut it off. The trv end shuts off but all my radiators have this (as shown in pic) on the other side which i cant isolate with to change radiator. Help please do i need to drain the whole system to remove one radiator?

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I have Honeywell TRVs, > 20 years old. They're provided with isolating caps. You remove the TRV head, screw on the cap and it closes the plunger. I assume that gives complete closure, like an iso valve, but it's many years since I tried it. Whether more modern ones have this feature, or whether yours does, I don't know.
But unless you can catch the water effectively, or there's nothing it can damage, you might be better off isolating all the other rads then draining the system remotely. That way there's only a small amount of water left in the rad. Also it's easier to catch the water from a drain fitting, so if you have inhibitor in the system you can return it when the job's done.
 
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