Replace Radiator in Kitchen

[BrennaBoy]

Hi,

I live in a bungalow and I am refitting my kitchen/diner.

The existing radiator needs to be moved to the other end of the kitchen and replaced with a vertical radiator which I have just bought.

I can do some DIY plumbing myself, but need some advice.

I could reroute the pipes from the existing radiator through the loft (bungalow has concrete floors so everything goes through the loft space) and drop the pipes down to the new location and chase the pipes into the wall.

However, there just happens to be pipes that come down from the ceiling in the exact location I want to put the radiator, but they go through the wall into the next room to radiator in that room.

Can those pipes be split somehow to feed both the radiator in the next room and the new one for the kitchen and then the existing pipes of the old radiator just be capped and disused?

Does that make sense?

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Kind regards,

BrennaBoy.

 

[exedon2]

Assuming the drops are connected in to part of system that still has enough carrying capacity left
no problem.
In fact standard stuff just cap non needed drops in loft.

 

[BrennaBoy]

Assuming the drops are connected in to part of system that still has enough carrying capacity left
no problem.
In fact standard stuff just cap non needed drops in loft.

So should I reroute the pipes from the existing radiator across the loft to the other side of the room or should I cap those and split the pipes that feed the other radiator to feed both radiators somehow?

 

[Knappers]

Rough rule of thumb would be-
If the pipes are 15mm and only feeding a rad or two then it's prob ok to tap into them.
If 10mm or less then you'll need to run new pipes.