HOW TO SWAP RADIATOR VALVE | No Draining Down

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  • @plumberparts
    @plumberparts  Рік тому +6

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    • @JJ-jc8yv
      @JJ-jc8yv Рік тому

      Do you sell.40mm n 32mm pipe slices?

  • @SteveGeoghegan
    @SteveGeoghegan 15 днів тому

    Tado are amazing. Cost about 500 quid (14 rads plus controller panel) (DIY) to put all over My house but we saved that in the first year.

  • @ro63rto
    @ro63rto Рік тому +4

    Definitely useful video. Went to turn the rads on in the sun lounge and BOTH valves started to leak. No movement in the nuts so no way to "nip them up".
    TRV on both it is then.
    We've got older gravity fed system.

    • @paulf1071
      @paulf1071 Рік тому +1

      Didn't see him add jointing compound (such as Boss White) in this video. Pre-compressing the new olive is also an important thing to do. I'd prefer to drain down the whole system if it were my house. Gives you more time to do it right, and not have to worry about an uncontrolled leak.

  • @benc1439
    @benc1439 Рік тому +4

    Hi James. There's often a reason why there's one rad without a trv on? Worth explaining?

    • @mr_DIY
      @mr_DIY Рік тому

      to save money on initial install :) ?

    • @alimack5489
      @alimack5489 Рік тому +9

      Acts as a bypass on your system, so if all the other TRVs shut off the system has a point to circulate and dissipate heat through.

    • @raymondburke1261
      @raymondburke1261 Рік тому +4

      It’s the room with the thermostat in so it can turn the heating on and off when the temperature of the room is adequate.

    • @alanmacleod9464
      @alanmacleod9464 Рік тому +3

      You don't install a TRV in a room with the room thermostat. The TRV may shut down the radiator before selected room temperature set on the room thermostat is reached and as a result the thermostat may never shut off your boiler.

    • @whitefields5595
      @whitefields5595 Рік тому

      @@alanmacleod9464 Alan, thanks for pointing this out. Does it follow that there could be two rads without TRVs, the one with the room stat and the bypass rad? Or is it better to have the bypass function performed by a bypass circuit some where near the pump?

  • @dunqiao9209
    @dunqiao9209 2 місяці тому

    Hi mate, I found you video very useful, I have the similar problem as yours, my old radiator tail got 3/4 inches (I believe what it is) nut on it, so that little bit I found from your video to remove the radiator tail is extremely useful, but may I ask what kind of new tail you install on, I can't find a tail like yours in the video, one end is 15mm and another end with 3/4 thread.

  • @steveurquhart5895
    @steveurquhart5895 Рік тому +3

    I totally agree, you should always wiggle the top while dealing with the bottom. LOL Nice work James.👍

  • @eddieannang5871
    @eddieannang5871 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for your video Robin. Very useful. Can the flitch beam be used on a 1 degree sloped flat roof? The rafters run across as they hang off the flitch beam.

  • @teresam644
    @teresam644 11 місяців тому

    I'd appreciate your advice. I already have Tado installed. Should I have also installed auto balancing fittings to each radiator prior to fitting smart trvs? Cheers

  • @steveblewer1202
    @steveblewer1202 Рік тому

    If I have a hive thermostat, would I be better getting hive valve replacements of are tado better?

  • @andysmith2160
    @andysmith2160 Рік тому +2

    What’s the name of the socket thing to take off the rad tail??

  • @bjornnemo7778
    @bjornnemo7778 Місяць тому +2

    "Do you have one radiator which doesn't have a thermostatic valve ...?" Yes - and my plumber told me that there should ALWAYS be one that doesn't. Because otherwise, if all the radiator valves close down before the main thermostat trips off, the boiler is then trying to pump water round a system that is in effect blocked - which is harmful to the boiler.

  • @mbroderick85
    @mbroderick85 2 місяці тому

    Where do I find the drain off valve. There aren't any beside any of my rads. There's one in the hotpress and one beside the boiler

  • @bifkinuk
    @bifkinuk Рік тому +2

    Smart TRVs like Tado are great unless you're in the room with one, especially the bedroom. The noise it makes when it adjusts the valve does my head in so I've opted to only have them in rooms I rarely use.

  • @daniellafanelli8263
    @daniellafanelli8263 4 місяці тому

    Would I do the same to change a locksheild valve?? Ours is old and rusty. We are installing a new radiator and after this video, we know how to put the new TRV on but not sure if it’s the same for locksheild valve?

  • @silvershroud9291
    @silvershroud9291 Рік тому +1

    Would you bother cleaning off the excess PTFE tape that builds up around valve as you inserted it?

  • @slugie7934
    @slugie7934 11 місяців тому

    Hi James
    Another great video can you do the same with the lock shield at the same time for changing to drayton trv4’s
    cheers

  • @dannydr1
    @dannydr1 Рік тому

    Thanks for another great video.
    I have a LOUD banging sound from one of my TRV's which I did not have before installing Tado.
    It only happens sometimes, do you think I need to replace the trv?

  • @alfredshearing6793
    @alfredshearing6793 Рік тому +7

    I tape up the end of my thumb with electrical tape . That pipe end will create a perfectly circular cut. You're welcome

  • @jonesypaddlearounddevon
    @jonesypaddlearounddevon 6 місяців тому

    James those heads will they fit on any trv valve ❤

  • @grahamatkins8845
    @grahamatkins8845 Рік тому +1

    Will the Tado valves work with a Hive system.......thank you

    • @zj0kerz
      @zj0kerz 5 місяців тому

      BG engineer here, no unfortunately it’s only hive products that sync

  • @TheFoolishboy9
    @TheFoolishboy9 Рік тому +26

    No draining down, Put's a drain hose on and opens drain cock.

    • @plumberparts
      @plumberparts  Рік тому +2

      UA-cam didn’t allow such a long title! 😂

    • @dand5593
      @dand5593 11 місяців тому

      6:44 you have put to much, right? Try 4-6 max turn next time. Welcome! no need to aprove me here, just try and be quiet, 😂....not a plumber here. Good luck! Gone away from this joke...

    • @Cvbbj670
      @Cvbbj670 11 місяців тому

      😂😅

    • @Viewer765
      @Viewer765 2 місяці тому

      ⁠@@plumberparts where can you find the need caps for the other side they use to have push on ones now can’t find any

  • @petevito
    @petevito Рік тому

    Fluid motion and squirter.... All anyone needs to know in a video... Great video as ever... 👍

  • @jonnyshoestring9368
    @jonnyshoestring9368 Рік тому

    Good advice 👍👍
    Q, when you put on the new valve is it possible to shut off the valve so before fitting so that when its fitted to the pipe end the water will not flow out forcing us to quickly connect the radiator end at the same time.
    Or am i rambling?

    • @zj0kerz
      @zj0kerz 5 місяців тому

      Yup, a good tip is to connect the TRV head to the valve and turn it off so you only need to snatch one end

  • @ВолодимирОлександрович-п2л

    Hello. Can the water temperature sensor in the electric boiler show an incorrect value and turn the water heating on and off with errors due to an air plug if the cold water filter was not fully tightened?

  • @prawnk1ng
    @prawnk1ng Рік тому

    I have the same cast iron radiators.
    I’m getting a crusty residue between the joints of each radiator panel
    What does this mean?

  • @rmower3428
    @rmower3428 Місяць тому

    Another quality video master Lawrence

  • @TheMajor180
    @TheMajor180 2 місяці тому

    My TRV is higher than my rad. I’ve had to remove it to fit the rad cover but now it’s always on. Any ideas how to turn it off?

    • @lcdoc1510
      @lcdoc1510 27 днів тому

      Depending on your specific pipe configuration, you can get an "angled TRV" that protrudes through the side of the rad cover through an access hole.

  • @zeidahmed569
    @zeidahmed569 Рік тому

    Hi James, thanks for the vids.
    If I install Tado trv’s in a 2 or 3 level home(townhouse) do I still need to have Zone valves installed to zone the heating system?
    Cheers

    • @danielbailey1452
      @danielbailey1452 Рік тому +1

      I'd leave them in because it's less hassle than removing them and just cut the wires off that go into them. Easy job

    • @timffitch
      @timffitch Рік тому +1

      Don’t just look at Tado. Compare it to Drayton Wiser. I installed it last September. Amazing system. It’s reduced our gas consumption by 20%. I fitted it to 13 radiators. The house is a single zone with a Combi boiler. Each room you set up in the app can call for heat independently of the other rooms. You set a schedule for each room and then let do its thing.

  • @alanhodgson8443
    @alanhodgson8443 Рік тому

    TADO are on special offer at the moment, Amazon offering the best deal currently. And no, I have no affiliation to the corporate giant. I have just installed TADO wired room stat and rad valves, so far seems to be great. I could leave the original controller but TADO controls the temperature.

  • @iankelly781
    @iankelly781 Рік тому

    Any tips on opening a very old radiator bleed valve ?

    • @TONE11111
      @TONE11111 Рік тому

      get any paint off it to get bleed key to fit...use grips/pliers....Best to just buy a new one and fit it, once loose... dereton33 has simple fixes on his channel

  • @kevinwilliams1421
    @kevinwilliams1421 Рік тому +8

    Maybe it doesn’t have a trv on because it is the bypass radiator

  • @samba79
    @samba79 Рік тому +1

    Norris McSquirter! Cracking video as always

  • @mogwaay
    @mogwaay Рік тому

    Lol, I just spent most of yesterday installing a new radiator for the first time in ages and I spent faaaar to long trying to see if I should use PTFE or locktite on the radiator insert, and bosh next day here you are with just the video, ah well

  • @sted9245
    @sted9245 Рік тому

    How do you ballance a system with all smart TRV'S?

    • @gbyrnsebyrnse3439
      @gbyrnsebyrnse3439 Рік тому

      Radiators have two rad valves. Slightly close off the lock shield valves of the hottest radiators, Also make sure the cooler radiators are fully open.
      Keep in mind to check against air in the radiator and the combi boiler is above 1 bar

  • @roderickcozens5371
    @roderickcozens5371 6 місяців тому +1

    Problem if the auto vent is within the combustion chamber. Then it’s a no no

  • @stevetalbot4010
    @stevetalbot4010 3 місяці тому

    Very useful thanks 🙏

  • @mr_DIY
    @mr_DIY Рік тому +2

    how it can be No Draining Down :) ?

  • @MrDot9
    @MrDot9 Рік тому

    We always call a squirter a Norris , as in Norris McWirter , bit of a squirter.

  • @Lucy-z3e
    @Lucy-z3e Рік тому

    Will it work if living in bornmouth

  • @lordstevewilson1331
    @lordstevewilson1331 Рік тому +5

    Don't forget to bleed air afterwords.

  • @ad9ack82
    @ad9ack82 Рік тому +1

    I can picture all the folk trying this, only to find they don't have nice clean water coming out! 😂

  • @leavemyrightsalone
    @leavemyrightsalone Рік тому

    In your previous life you must of been a bomb disposal expert.

  • @georgeprout42
    @georgeprout42 Рік тому +5

    IoT is generally a very bad idea, "the cloud" means you're using and relying on somebody else's server. You bought it, but in reality you don't really own it.
    What happens if they go bust and the servers are shutdown? Your 3 year old TRVs are deemed too old to support and now you need to upgrade them? Or they suddenly decide it is now a £10 per month subscription?
    All of these things have happened, and will again...

    • @BABYCHAOS26
      @BABYCHAOS26 Рік тому +1

      I’ve never understood the appeal of remote access to your heating controls, most people just want to turn it on manually once they get home.

    • @timffitch
      @timffitch Рік тому

      The Drayton Wiser system, once set up, does not need an Internet connection.

    • @timffitch
      @timffitch Рік тому

      @@BABYCHAOS26the Drayton Wiser system reduced our gas consumption by 20% by having everything scheduled. I can also turn it off over the internet or change schedules to save more money while away.

    • @iaing1574
      @iaing1574 2 місяці тому

      It's a valid point. However... If this situation did occur, the impact is a trip to Screwfix to buy some new TRVs for £15 a go.

  • @roderickcozens5371
    @roderickcozens5371 6 місяців тому

    Lots wrong in this video. Air locks etc Had it myself today on a simple radiator change. Hot water o/heated. May confuse diy,er

  • @paulgardner3926
    @paulgardner3926 Рік тому +1

    Good vid but you drained it!

  • @scotz74
    @scotz74 Місяць тому

    I don't understand. You drained the system down and the description said 'no draining down'!

    • @Netherlands031
      @Netherlands031 4 дні тому

      He didn't drain the whole system, just about the volume that was in the expansion tank, the system was at ~1.5 bar and after draining a bit it's at 0 bar (relative to atmospheric conditions).

  • @stuffoflardohfortheloveof
    @stuffoflardohfortheloveof Рік тому

    Have I missed the point? No draining down? 🤔

    • @plumberparts
      @plumberparts  Рік тому

      Dropping pressure! You still have to drop the pressure.

    • @stuffoflardohfortheloveof
      @stuffoflardohfortheloveof Рік тому +1

      I know what you're saying and even what you're doing in the vid BUT the vid title doesn't match what you did....that's all. I watch a lot of your stuff and the title of this one intrigued me. 👍

  • @stuartgibson9755
    @stuartgibson9755 9 місяців тому

    My boiler is 40 years old as are my radiators. The only controls I have are an electric timer that allows for Off, Twice a day, All Day, or Constant, and a heat control knob that goes from 0 - 6. I never have to worry about water pressure, gas pressure, or the overflow freezing in the winter and shutting everything down. I don't need or want your modern unreliable garbage.

    • @Netherlands031
      @Netherlands031 4 дні тому

      If your boiler is 40 years old you'll spend about 20% more in gas, modern condensing boilers are a lot more efficient. A heat control knob from zero to six - a normal thermostat where you can set the temperature sounds more user friendly tbh.

  • @scottesh123
    @scottesh123 11 місяців тому

    you can airlock/vacuum a pressurised system too . This method is pretty amateur . no need for drain hoses

    • @mbroderick85
      @mbroderick85 2 місяці тому

      How

    • @scottesh123
      @scottesh123 2 місяці тому

      @@mbroderick85 turn off the flow and return isolation valves under the boiler , works every time

  • @shif06
    @shif06 Рік тому +2

    I would not be happy if you leaked this much water on my wooden floor.

  • @poorfordtransitowner1627
    @poorfordtransitowner1627 Рік тому

    Unless its a danfoss valve lol

  • @relaxreflect5888
    @relaxreflect5888 Рік тому +1

    Not being funny but just drain the system down if there’s a drain cock n never touch a gate valve, they always stick shut and snap when you try to open them

  • @renevwestrhenen4697
    @renevwestrhenen4697 Рік тому +1

    You draining it down wtf