I want to fit a Towel Radiator, but the inline valves do not have a drain-off point. How do I empty it for removal when decorating?
There are 3 alternatives here: • If you have already fitted it, but do not have a drain easy kit then you have no option but to half drain down the system until the water level is below the radiator valves, since there will otherwise be no way of catching the water from the vertically mounted in-line valves, once they are loosened off. • The BEST alternative, if you have NOT Already fitted it, is to obtain 2 special RADIATOR TAILS (UNION TYPE) WITH VALVES. These replace the normal radiator tails, supplied with the in-line valves, that is, the part that screws into the bottom of the radiator. They have a small half-turn valve-screw on one of the flats of the tail, so the water stays inside the radiator, and it is just lifted off the brackets, after you have isolated the feed and return by shutting off the NORMAL part of the original radiator valve. They are a bit expensive, at 5.49 each, but well worth it on an expensive Towel Radiator. The SCREWFIX site used to sell these, but I believ
There are 3 alternatives here: • If you have already fitted it, but do not have a DRAINEASY KIT then you have no option but to half drain down the system until the water level is below the radiator valves, since there will otherwise be no way of catching the water from the vertically mounted in-line valves, once they are loosened off. • The BEST alternative, if you have NOT Already fitted it, is to obtain 2 special RADIATOR TAILS (UNION TYPE) WITH VALVES. These replace the normal radiator tails, supplied with the in-line valves, that is, the part that screws into the bottom of the radiator. They have a small half-turn valve-screw on one of the flats of the tail, so the water stays inside the radiator, and it is just lifted off the brackets, after you have isolated the feed and return by shutting off the NORMAL part of the original radiator valve. They are a bit expensive, at 5.49 each, but well worth it on an expensive Towel Radiator. The SCREWFIX site used to sell these, but I believe
