Taking off radiators?

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Tinytom said:
System drain down is easy with a combi boiler your about 90% guaranteed no problems when you refill however on a gravity fed system your about 50/50 if the system gets an air lock when you refill and they can be an absolute pig to clear
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Or stop cock sticks n doesn’t shut off continuing to fill ,s**t flood the ceiling time
 
lurpak said:
100% guaranteed if don’t touch it lol
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Exactly, you're leaving yourself open. You don't know if the system was playing up before you took off the rad. Great excuse for somebody to take the piss and try and get you to pay for their heating systems current problems.
 
If you plaster around radiator
Tells you are a chancer rough arse
Likely your kit is filthy

Not brain surgery all you do is charge the customer x amount for plumber to remove & fit
Top job by a real pro
 
Dollar said:
If you plaster around radiator
Tells you are a chancer rough arse
Likely your kit is filthy

Not brain surgery all you do is charge the customer x amount for plumber to remove & fit
Top job by a real pro
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Further proof that most spreads are thick c**ts.

With that logic might aswell remove skirting n arch too.

People don’t even expect the plasterer to do it.
 
tapit said:
you don't know what your talking about.
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Wow you can read? I have said exactly that. I don’t know how to remove a rad because I’m not a f**k**g plumber or a people pleaser who takes em off for fun.

Read this: you’re tape ideas as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop
 
lurpak said:
Wow you can read? I have said exactly that. I don’t know how to remove a rad because I’m not a f**k**g plumber or a people pleaser who takes em off for fun.

Read this: you’re tape ideas as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop
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Tbf @choppa would keep him in business
 
Dollar said:
If you plaster around radiator
Tells you are a chancer rough arse
Likely your kit is filthy

Not brain surgery all you do is charge the customer x amount for plumber to remove & fit
Top job by a real pro
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I gave you the benefit of doubt about your pva comment,you really dont have much expierence,r u still a apprentice like.
 
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lurpak said:
Wow you can read? I have said exactly that. I don’t know how to remove a rad because I’m not a f**k**g plumber or a people pleaser who takes em off for fun.

Read this: you’re tape ideas as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop
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heard that one, give me something original, sorry geeze thats my job!
 
Wet and dry vacuum to suck water as you drain and make sure you have insurance to cover and understand heating systems just incase you get problems.. I avoid doing them. Its asking for trouble. Its a plumbers job
 
Each to their own , not sure about plumbing system then don't remove , same as with electrics , just go round ,
seems strange that some who don't know how to are full of scorn and mock of a basic building skill
Has anyone got a problem with removing picture hook's lol
 
It's not removing that's the problem but the faults that you will own when you touch it. Guess if your happy to deal with that and stand your ground then fine.. I've had bleed valves stuck. Rads full of sluge that I can't get water out. Valves that just turn but won't shut off. Leaks. Brackets held on plasterboard and a mess. Boilers developing faults. Boiler fillers valves fault. Phone call at night to say the heating has packed up. I've spent all day draining and soldering spilt pipes for no money to fix faults. Im not a heating engineer. I don't touch now nor electrics... All sorted now before I get to job. Still if you are a qualified and insured I guess its not a problem. I ain't
 
Wayners said:
It's not removing that's the problem but the faults that you will own when you touch it. Guess if your happy to deal with that and stand your ground then fine.. I've had bleed valves stuck. Rads full of sluge that I can't get water out. Valves that just turn but won't shut off. Leaks. Brackets held on plasterboard and a mess. Boilers developing faults. Boiler fillers valves fault. Phone call at night to say the heating has packed up. I've spent all day draining and soldering spilt pipes for no money to fix faults. Im not a heating engineer. I don't touch now nor electrics... All sorted now before I get to job. Still if you are a qualified and insured I guess its not a problem. I ain't
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I have had all of the above and got them all sorted. Great learning curve.
I prefer to learn something new than shy away from potential pitfalls but we are all different.
 
Wayners said:
It's not removing that's the problem but the faults that you will own when you touch it. Guess if your happy to deal with that and stand your ground then fine.. I've had bleed valves stuck. Rads full of sluge that I can't get water out. Valves that just turn but won't shut off. Leaks. Brackets held on plasterboard and a mess. Boilers developing faults. Boiler fillers valves fault. Phone call at night to say the heating has packed up. I've spent all day draining and soldering spilt pipes for no money to fix faults. Im not a heating engineer. I don't touch now nor electrics... All sorted now before I get to job. Still if you are a qualified and insured I guess its not a problem. I ain't
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For " no money " , don't blame you Wayner's and all you " remainers "

A lot of my disagreement can be put down to two things ,
1. Your probably on a price for the job
2. Plastering is your only bag ( clearly not you Wayner's )
tapit said:
I have had all of the above and got them all sorted. Great learning curve.
I prefer to learn something new than shy away from potential pitfalls but we are all different.
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Agree totally
 
tapit said:
I have had all of the above and got them all sorted. Great learning curve.
I prefer to learn something new than shy away from potential pitfalls but we are all different.
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If you are insured and know what you're doing then it's fine. If you're not insured for plumbing work and learning on the job then it's a recipe for disaster. There's a reason plumbers insurance is more expensive, it's because there's more claims and for more money
 
Robbo123 said:
If you are insured and know what you're doing then it's fine. If you're not insured for plumbing work and learning on the job then it's a recipe for disaster. There's a reason plumbers insurance is more expensive, it's because there's more claims and for more money
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A full tub of water knocked over in upstairs would cause a lot of damage for a spread al;so.
 
tapit said:
A full tub of water knocked over in upstairs would cause a lot of damage for a spread al;so.
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But that's part of our job, so we'd be insured... You leave a house and their radiator leaks all night and through their ceiling downstairs etc you're f**k*d
 
windy said:
Rads operate on a flow and return system. Theres no main rad so any of them can be removed temporarily for plastering behind without draining system ..only need to drain system if you have a leak outside the area of the trv and lockshield valve
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Makes sense. Just can’t see why any plasterer would bother doing it
 
lurpak said:
Makes sense. Just can’t see why any plasterer would bother doing it
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Agreed you should
A be charging for it
B know how to sort it if its goes tits up.

We take em off as we are city and guilds qualifed plumbers but we can still run the risk of knackering the boiler then I'm really buggered
 
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