The subject contains my question! Removed a radiator as I've just got
room plastered. I'm going to replace the radiator once I've painted th room. The lockshield valve and a Drayton RT212 TRV valve are still i place.
Is it safe to use the heating while the radiator is missing
-- Dysanovic
Yes, assuming you have other radiators!
Sparks...
Yes, provided you drained *only* the radiator and not the pipework, prior to removing it.
How did you go about draining it?
Be careful with the TRV - it may open and pee water out into the room if the weather gets cold, even when turned to its minimum setting. Ideally, you should remove the thermostatic head *before* draining the rad, and replace it with a screw-cap which should have been supplied with the valve for this very purpose. That will hold the pin firmly down whatever the temperature. Alternatively, find something which will screw onto the outlet (i.e. with the same thread as the radiator tail union) in order to seal it.
if it ain't leaking, yes.
Also, some designs feature a genuine "off", where you twist another quarter turn after passing the "0" frost setting.
Christian.
IF the valve doesn't have an 'OFF' position, place a penny under the thermostatic head and over the pin- then the * = Frost setting will positively close off the valve.
I used central heating with a radiator removed. It worked fine for abou
4-5 hours but now my Baxi Solo2 50PF boiler has st> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,-- Dysanovic
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