Soldering and Replacing a Radiator: DIY Tips and Tricks

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In this video, we'll guide you through the process of replacing a radiator and soldering the pipes. We'll show you step-by-step how to remove the old radiator, prepare the pipes for soldering, and install the new one. Whether you're looking to update your home's heating system or just want to learn a new DIY skill, this video is for you!
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[@samhedges9714]

Jointing compound on the olive. Keep one of the pipes in the same position, take the floor boards up and alter the one underneath to the TRV or lockshield. PTFE last resort on a compression fitting if its leaking, it can save you. Solder once all fittings are fluxed and copper is in place, avoid doing bits separately. Well done though for a first go.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Great advice mate, thanks!

[@Sparks6078]

I finished replumbing my house part way through the year, after starting it when I did the bathroom during the first covi lockdown. I had never soldered before that. I even piped up the new cylinder and oil boiler (got someone in to commission it though). Saved myself a nice chunk of money doing it as well. Extension to do at somepoint next. I'm lucky my stepson is a brickie and I'm a sparky, so we should be able to cover most of it between us.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Amazing! That's awesome, great work mate 💪👍

[@Tom_Prendiville]

Your comment section is going to go wild with the amount of elbows planned to be used 🤣 I'd have moved the pipes in the floors to keep a straight through look but each to their own. Great job man 👍🏼

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Yeah that would have been a good way round too. I didn't want to rip back all the carpets etc.

[@stuartjones2242]

the radiator pipe work look good mate, a good days work 😊😊👍👍

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Cheers!

[@peterhaigh5764]

My advice put plenty of ptfe on the tails I’m no plumber. Amazing how the experts chip in when they see something they don’t like. Your open to advise so no point them commenting if it’s not with advise!

[@peterhaigh5764]

That rads a beast in the hallway. Great your having a go!

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Yeah it's great! Really feels warm now, all up through the upstairs too which is handy because there isn't space for a rad on that hallway

[@normanboyes4983]

Well done. However, if you have suspended floors with the feeds and returns under the floor - it is better to bite the bullet and cut back and run a custom piece (with a slow bend) to hit the rad tail in one run.😉

[@jimh4072]

I did this in my last house. I replaced all pipework and radiators (apart the two newest that were only a year old) I saved a fortune and got exactly the radiator size I wanted as well as getting rid of a maze of old junk pipework that was reused from earlier systems going back to 1989. I was never trained in plumbing, I read a lot, watched YT videos then took a week off work to practise in my backyard, I bought the soldering gear, pipes and different fittings and spent the week cutting, bending and soldering pipe. I done some of the underfloor pipes with Speedfit pipe and fittings. I never touched the gas boiler, I got a plumber to connect it all up. There was only one small leak were I forgot to tighten a nut. I sold the house a month ago and the surveyor found no problems.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Legend! That's amazing mate. Great work!

[@Jackzuk]

Quite brave diving straight into soldering, i went for the Yorkshire fittings on my 1st attempt at doing it. If u get any leaks by the nuts, ull want to try ptfe on the olive rather than the threads. Good work bud

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Thanks mate, appreciate the advice! 👍💪

[@karleck1119]

Great video

[@michaelplays2449]

Great job !!

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Cheers bud!

[@Transformityourself]

How you doing fella ? Not seen you on here for a while. Guessing your super busy with work or the money dried up haha. I am proper into my build now with some real juicy demo videos being uploaded. I stripped the roof off the bungalow and am almost ready for the big steels ! Exciting stuff. Take care. See you soon.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Hey mate, it's a bit of both! We're on a mission to save cash for the next sprint, and I'm busy at work trying to make that possible. I'm tinkering away in the background but not doing enough to warrant filming. Hopefully I'll have some bits out soon 🤞 Glad to hear yours is coming along well. I'll check it out!

[@ck8nn8dy52]

Good job, can't beat a nice new radiator. I need to get myself a soldering kit. Doesn't seem that complicated. I have been using push fittings with copper pipe. Quicker, but I'm not sure of the longevity 😂.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

With Yorkshire fittings, soldering is a doddle. They're more expensive, but still cheaper than a plumber 🤣💪

[@brianedwards7958]

Excellent

[@brianedwards7958]

Your channel has been an inspiration to me. Keep them coming.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Thanks mate! Hoping to keep it going for as long as I have stuff to do around the house (and money to pay for the work!🤣🤞💪)

[@Mghanabro]

Big fan.. excellent work need an advise on timber frame base for toilet planning to follow Ur footsteps for timberframe video

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Thanks and best of luck!

[@Game0verFool]

Nice work. I have been considering doing the same in my 1930s build but I've been concerned by what I've read. My understanding is that significantly increasing the power output of your radiators may have limited benefit if the pipework isn't upgraded to supply enough water to match the increased radiator size. Is this something you have looked into?

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Great thought. We practically replaced all the pipework because we did a whole new boiler and heating system. Some of the old pipes remained the same, but large sections were replaced or added with new pipes.

[@glynnhancock9546]

What make are the rads you used?

[@Dave_MacG]

You heating the street up with that monster radiator in the hall? 😂 How do you find the underfloor heating? Is it worth it? Take it there is enough heat from it that you don’t need radiators too? Something I would be looking to do in the future.

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Lol yeah it could heat half the road 🤣👍💪 The UFH is great, very efficient and comfortable. No radiators out the back there. We have got a radiator in the playroom which is close by though. That helps because we have an open fire place and get drafts a bit through it

[@MarcusT86]

Where are the vids gone buddy?

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

Time and money! We're on a pause for now. Still tons to do around the place, but we're not in a position to tackle it just yet...soon hopefully!

[@jameshill890511able]

How’s it going mate?

[@OfficeBoyBuilder]

We're on a pause for now. Still tons to do around the place, but we're not in a position to tackle it just yet...soon hopefully!

[@jameshill890511able]

No worries, hope all is good, you’ll get there 👌

[@leightonboard]

It looks like you are using electrical solder

[@stephenrichards5386]

I really needed this video but you spent 6 minutes on irrelevant and then sped through the important. At least for me.

[@mattsan70]

Please learn how olives work! PTFE on compression threads!! Deary me!

[@MJWhelan1]

Relax princess there’s no need to blow a fuse

[@hammadshah3153]

@@MJWhelan1 Hes giving the guy constructive criticism. Ptfe on the olive not the thread.

[@MJWhelan1]

@@hammadshah3153 😂 how was it constructive?! If they had commented saying put some ptfe on the olive not the tread, then it would have been constructive… but they didn’t say that 🤦‍♀️