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| Hi
Have removed an old rad in one of my rooms, so now have two pipes side by
side coming out of the floor. What do I need to close these off, as
although I don't need the heating - can't repressurise it anyway, I still
need the hot water from the combi boiler. If I turn on a tap, the water
runs hot, but as soon as I turn it off, water comes out of the top of these
pipes. Surely I can close these off until I'm ready to install the new rad,
I'm just not sure what I need to purchase.
Thanks
Bob
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| Blackbeard 2005-07-03, 11:25 pm |
| Take a big pipe wrench and take the pipes out completely (leaving you
two female pipe threads in your crawl area. If the system is dead, buy
some caps and cap it off and be done with it.
If the system is live, screw in a couple ells, a short piece of pipe
to bridge them back together, and you'll need a union.
At your boiler, you should find a valve. If you don't need it, cut the
water supply to the radiator and remove the entire unit. Then cap your
water supply.
Yeah, it's a heavy motherfucker. But don't be a dipshit and leave old
abandoned equipment. Yank the expansion tank too while you're at it.
See that insulation around the pipe. That's asbestos. You'll need to
hire an asbestos company to get rid of that. Either that or hire a
coupla mexicans for $10/hour.
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 22:10:19 +0100, "Bob" <Bob@nospam.com> wrote:
quote:
>Hi
>Have removed an old rad in one of my rooms, so now have two pipes side by
>side coming out of the floor. What do I need to close these off, as
>although I don't need the heating - can't repressurise it anyway, I still
>need the hot water from the combi boiler. If I turn on a tap, the water
>runs hot, but as soon as I turn it off, water comes out of the top of these
>pipes. Surely I can close these off until I'm ready to install the new rad,
>I'm just not sure what I need to purchase.
>
>Thanks
>Bob
>
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