"Dave" wrote in message
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I'm doing lots of overtime at work but also trying to redecorate the whole
house in my spare time. Over the last two weeks I've had three radiators
off the walls to paper behind them, so that's three 'radiators-worth' of
water I've lost out of the system and needed to replace over that period
of time.

I'll not get any decorating done for the next seven days but then I'll be
taking another rad off for a couple of days. I suppose, to cut the story
short, I'll be losing nine rads-worth of water and replacing it again over
a period of about three months in total, maybe slightly longer.

What should I do about inhibitor? When should I add it into the system?
How much should I add in, and where? I've got a couple of 5ml syringes
that I could use to squirt the inhibitor into the rads through the hole
where the bleed valve goes after reconnecting them and before refilling
them - would this be OK?

TIA
Dave


When I have to get behind my radiators, I generally don't take the radiator
off, so this method may help you...

Turn of the valves (Count the turns on the lock shield and write it down
somewhere!)
Open the bleed screw to relese any pressure, but then close the bleed screw
(you shouldn't get very much water out, if any).
put old towels around the valves and then undo the nuts about half a turn.
lift the radiator off the wall brachet and then hinge it down so the top is
now on the floor.
Do up the nuts.
Write the turns on the lock shield on the back of the radiator, so you can't
lose it :-)

Water loss is very minimal.

You need to have some slack in the pipes that feed the radiator, and also
you do end up with the radiator sticking out, but it is trivial to hook it
back on again later.

Hope this helps.

Toby...