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Any Central heating system is complicated and something that most people don’t want to have to interfere with! However, at some point, you may find yourself in a situation where you have to remove a radiator, and the most common reason for this is when you come to decorate!     If removing a radiator turns out to be not the task for you, you can always rely on a local plumber to do the job for you, but this can become quite expensive when removing it and then having to refit it back onto the wall. Complication Of Removing...

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For those of us that choose to decorate our own homes, will be the time to realise that when coming to decorating behind the back of the radiator, this can be one of those tasks that is not a simple job! In most cases if you are decorating, you may want to remove the radiator to decorate behind it if you require that professional finish.  This could mean having to call out your local plumber, which could incur costs or by Doing It Yourself which could result in unforeseen problems if you are not used to taking a radiator off...

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There aren't many areas in our home or rooms we cannot paint or wallpaper when we decorate other than behind our central heating radiators. This problem has existed for decades following the introduction of steel panel radiators that are static and have little or no access. Radiators are one of the main obstacles we encounter when we decorate frustrating problematic and time consuming to achieve a satisfactory finish we require in our homes. The daunting task of removing and replacing a radiator to simply decorate is not an option for the majority of homeowners would choose to do if there...

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It's difficult to achieve a professional standard of decoration behind a radiator without full access, to achieve this standard you will need to remove the radiator so you will need the following: Spanner Radiator bleed key, Container to catch the water in Plastic sheet or towel to cover the floor to catch any unwanted spillage. When painting a room, there are often pipes and radiators in the way, or tight gaps and awkward spaces which are difficult to workaround.   Paint should be put on the wall behind the radiator but is not so easy using the conventional roller or...

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The main reason people need to get behind their radiators is to paint or wallpaper. When decorating the radiator can be a frustrating obstacle that if not manoeuvred around properly causes future problems. A proportion of people that have children with severe respiratory problems such as asthma go to every length to ensure the house is rid of triggers. The dust that sits behind your radiator accumulates over time and becomes a trigger for such illnesses. The only way to get a thorough clean behind the radiator is to remove it from the wall, which is quite a big task...

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