Radiator removal please help

[Razzb84]

Hi,
I need to take this radiator off for a couple of weeks while I tile the bathroom. It will be replaced with a chrome towel rail style one with a new thermostatic valve.

Is it safe to leave the valves closed off on the end of the plastic pipes with the radiator off or am i better off cutting and capping off the tail pipes and getting rid of the valves as I am replacing them anyway?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated I am a complete beginner.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

better off capping but this will require draining down

i would remove the trv (via undoing the bottom trv nut on the chrome pushfit adaptor) and putting a cap there

 

[king of pipes]

Definitely cap off

 

[Razzb84]

Can I cap off the pipes directly with a speed fit stop end or do I cap off the bottom of the valve with something else? Thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Can I cap off the pipes directly with a speed fit stop end or do I cap off the bottom of the valve with something else? Thanks

Same size rad going in ?

 

[Razzb84]

It's very slightly wider so may need to extend the pipe length slightly but there is some flexibility as they are plastic not copper

 

[ShaunCorbs]

It's very slightly wider so may need to extend the pipe length slightly but there is some flexibility as they are plastic not copper

If you need to add more pipe then a push fit cap end

If you don't bottom nut of the trv and use some cap ends

http://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/p923-4-stop-end-15mm-2-pack/65021

 

[gmartine]

Can't you find a matching TRV head from one of your other rads and then remove the rad without having to drain the whole system down?

 

[Ric2013]

Why wouldn't a decorator's cap in place of the TRV head be reasonably safe?

 

[Stigster]

Yeah that would work fine and I'd leave the TRV in place and cap the radiator side with a female blanking cap and deal with draining down at the time of towel rail installation to keep the rest of the system running in the meantime.

Either way the amount of work is the same by the end of the job whichever place you decide to blank off.