How To Remove A Radiator and Install A Heated Towel Radiator

How To Remove A Radiator and Install A Heated Towel Radiator | Easy Step By Step DIY Guide

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How To Remove A Radiator and Install A Heated Towel Radiator | Easy Step By Step DIY Guide
00:00 Intro
00:21 How To Drain and Remove A Radiator
04:29 How To Drain Heating System
05:39 How To Mount a Heated Towel Rail / Radiator To Wall
10:54 How To Fit Towel Radiator Bleed Valve and Tails
11:57 How To Install New Pipework
17:08 How To Install TRV Valve To Towel Radiator
19:50 How To Re-Fill Heating System and Test Radiator
How To Remove A Radiator and Install A Heated Towel Radiator | Easy Step By Step DIY Guide
In this video we are removing an old radiator and install a new heated towel radiator / rail.
This is an easy step by step guide for all DIYers.
We demonstrate how to drain and remove a radiator, how to mount a heated towel rail to your wall and how to install new pipework for your towel radiator / heated towel rail. With top tips on how to cut pipes, how to use push fits and how to fit radiator TRV valves.
Installing a towel radiator / heated towel rail is a great way to upgrade your bathroom.
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@RantAndRave30 Жыл бұрын

No point in putting ptfe tape on the threads of a compression fitting as if it would leak it would still run down the pipe end, all it does is gives an unreliable feel for how tight the nut is, on the other hand you can put ptfe tape around the olive and this would seal.

@lcpp5804 Жыл бұрын

Another great video lads. I'm just your average DIYer refurbishing my first house and you've been very helpful. Thank you 🙏

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome 😁😁

@PoEt121 8 ай бұрын

You have a 60 years old apprentice following you around.🙏

@ireshadilshani1188 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job guys thank u.

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@Rureal42 4 ай бұрын

Thanks guys just what I needed.👍

@elaineburkinshaw9566 5 ай бұрын

I still need to do this in my bathroom ❤

@kcomfortsystemshvac7060 9 ай бұрын

Nice guy,,,,good tips,,,,thank mate appreciate,,,,I doing HVAC myself,,,,,I love doing some plumbing

@homeimprovements 9 ай бұрын

Thanks and nice mate. 😊

@Squert1982 Жыл бұрын

Best Channel i've found in a long time!! Keep it going guys

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated 🔥

@PointofimpactTV 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!

@bisonkambaine5628 10 ай бұрын

Once one gents 👏👏

@colin4850 Жыл бұрын

How and when are you going to replace the inhibitor now that you have emptied the system out.

@LS-td3dz 9 ай бұрын

You should be using boss white on the front of the olives. That tape on the threads does nothing.

@abdussalammohamed8630 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the geat video, you've been very helpful👌

@homeimprovements 10 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@nonstop1967 Жыл бұрын

Great video would of used chrome pipe tho instead of copper on a chrome towel rail

@user-cw6nq4ir7s 2 ай бұрын

Cowboy central! I'm a heating engineer and if I seen ptfe on threads and that much push fit I'd make u drain it back down and rip it out!

@chrisgreenbank Жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@jamescarroll4728 9 ай бұрын

What a great video - I have just subscribed!

@homeimprovements 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@chubbyBunny94 5 ай бұрын

Lads, thanks for the video. Just a quick one. Why do we need to do step two? If we’re changing one radiator and it’s already been capped off? And what if the radiator I want to remove is the one with the nozzle to to drain (like the one is step two) - does that mean I can drain my gravity system?

@lardy70s 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant video. I've just bought a tower rail but there is no mention of water flow or direction. Can my towel rail be plumbed either way?.

@ozosbourn Жыл бұрын

Nice mate

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Nice one oz 😁💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@kasimraja3234 5 ай бұрын

😂....you 2 are entertaining. Thanks for the video.

@homeimprovements 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊

@nigelchapman7097 5 ай бұрын

I'm happy you said DIY guide as your no plumber's 🤔🤔

@robgomm2845 3 ай бұрын

Good video boys 🎉

@homeimprovements 3 ай бұрын

Legend!

@raj080288 3 ай бұрын

Would you not have to open all TRV and lockshields for all radiators around the house?

@shahanazbegum7235 9 ай бұрын

Great vid, quick Q does the towel rail have to be the same width as the old radiator? Or can i just put in a new size hand towel rail? Thanks in advance

@homeimprovements 9 ай бұрын

You can do either smaller requires more plumbing to move pipes 😊

@benhubbard8445 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video gents! A quick question.... Is it necessary to drain down the system completely if you're not doing anything with the valves/pipework? I need to straight swap a radiator like for like

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

As long as the valves can be shut on the rad you just drain the rad itself swap top up pressure and bleed system 😁😁

@RogerHolden 8 ай бұрын

Exactly what I need to do but have have tiles on the floor I won't be taking up so is there a flexible pipe option to use the existing ones? (I know it won't look as good).

@valenziad7159 Жыл бұрын

Hi guy What happen if you have both combo and gravity fed system?

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

It sure on that one 😞

@rebeccamaguire4110 3 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me why my radiator has two wires at the back connected from the wall to the radiator?

@7november70 10 ай бұрын

Should have used chrome tails much neater finish

@nihow06 3 ай бұрын

Why would you need to drain the system down if you isolated the radiator yourself working on?

@MrRcsz 2 ай бұрын

Can't believe floors like that are accepted in the UK.

@rasscal Жыл бұрын

Love your videos but not de-burring your cuts it bad & especially when using push fittings

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it,🔥 de-burring got it 🤙🏽

@harrymiller3445 9 ай бұрын

Don't you own a spanner ?

@user-fm9rt3qn4c Жыл бұрын

No inhibitor added so that will rust in a month Speed fit under the floor never a good move. Use Hep if needed or solder or press. Bit of a cowboy job but good for a laugh

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

Push fit is standard in all new builds and inhibitor yes but this system is being removed in a few months as it’s an old gravity fed system glad you had a laugh either way 😊💪🏼💪🏼

@phil293 4 ай бұрын

Why does the radiator need draining if the system is going to be drained? This is an honest question I’m not any kind of experienced plumber trying to be funny. I’m just trying to work out if I drain the system first would it make it easier for me.

@MikeKeel 2 ай бұрын

They're draining the system because they're removing the current radiator valves. If you were just swapping a like for like radiator, e.g. a side entry radiator for the same, then you only need to isolate the valves. Because they're changing from a side entry radiator to a bottom entry towel heater, then the valves and the plumbing has to be altered. If you didn't drain the system, there would be water flowing out of those copper pipes when they were cut. Hope this helps.

@Thommcd 9 ай бұрын

What sort of price would this cost for someone else to install for me? (If I supplied the towel heater?

@homeimprovements 9 ай бұрын

Couldn’t say tbh

@AdrianSilea 8 ай бұрын

Tau Rau

@stoychokoychev2178 8 ай бұрын

Not the best work I’ve ever seen No need ptfe tape on the threads boys Water seal is where the olive is If it leaks that won’t stop it Liquid ptfe around the olive is the way And please no push fits there😢😢😢😢

@Argyll1000 8 ай бұрын

I'm told you still need to use an insert even when attaching to copper pipe. What's your view? Also why didn't you just use plastic pipe? So much easier.

@jimmock 7 ай бұрын

You can’t fit an insert into copper, the copper is the rigid bit already

@user-mm2xh3hq1z 9 ай бұрын

jesus the state of floors in uk is appalling...

@alexmayer9159 Жыл бұрын

Why, oh why, did you not clean those tiles before fitting that radiator? You will never get to those disgusting stains now that the radiator is fitted.

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

If you watch future videos the radiator was remove and then vinyl tiles behind .. it was a order we was tryna film the content in 🙈

@alexmayer9159 Жыл бұрын

@@homeimprovements I'm glad! Normally I'm not OCD, but that would have been too much even for me 🤣

@homeimprovements Жыл бұрын

😁💪🏼

@pault3705 6 ай бұрын

Grips on chrome nuts and ptfe on threads. Jesus christ ..how not to guide

@lewisjones5925 7 ай бұрын

Why wouldn’t you just isolate the header tank in the first place then let the heating system fully drain then take the radiator off once it’s all drained, rather than isolating the radiator taking it off then go drain it down. You need to drain it down anyway to alter the pipes