I had a delivery during the week- Whilst I'm waiting for the plaster in the kitchen to dry out (which to be fair it probably has by now) I decided to make some progress with the heating system since the weather seems to be turning...
First job, drain down... This was easy with the old redundant pipework still connected so I just opened the rad valve over a bucket
That got rid of most of the water and the rest came out when I cut that pipe off below floor level. It didnt take long to pipe up the first rad under the aircon unit (seems a strange place to have a radiator but I don't intend to run them simultaneously! haha) as the wall behind in the cupboard isn't yet boarded, for this very reason
Whilst I was in this area I also cut out a section of another pipe and replaced it because it had been crushed, I suspect by a step ladder. For the second rad I had to take the carpet up in the corner and work out what to do as it involved moving existing pipework. As I lifted the carpet I was slightly alarmed to see someone had been there before me and I recognised the handiwork from other bodges I've fixed throughout the house
It actually looked like they might have moved the pipework from where I want it now to the new radiator under the window, so I was intrigued to find out if I was really just going to undo what they'd done and put the house back to original intent yet again
Only one way to find out, and that was to remove the gaffer tape, screws and silicon that they'd used to patch the floor
Just before I show you what I found underneath, check out this for professional level work... I remember now why we hid this behind a sofa
Anyway, beneath the bodgery was yet more bodgery, as we've come to expect in this house. They had indeed modified the original pipework to move the radiator around on to another wall, I just can't quite understand why they wouldn't do it properly and hide the pipes all the way around - if you're going to go to the effort of chopping the floor out in one area why not finish the job?
Just check out the insulation too, incredible work
I decided to do it properly this time so chased out the blockwork wall to bury the pipes...
Then modified the pipework again (its the triggers broom of heating systems!) to serve the new rad position...
I've just put the bodged floor back together and thrown the carpet back over the top for now - I'll have to fix it properly before we lay the new flooring but thats a job for another day
There is a third radiator to install (another 6 panel one like the second) at the other end of the living room but it was getting a bit late in the day and I wanted a hot shower so had to refill the system. Instead of push my luck I decided to give myself plenty of time in case something went awry...
Which was pretty lucky really, because when I refilled the system I had the mother of all leaks on the first radiator
I gradually filled and kept checking for leaks but all was fine until it suddenly wasn't, and water was spraying on my consumer unit in the cupboard
I had to dump the water out quickly to stop the leak by undoing one of the rad plugs and emptying it into a big bucket - it drained much quicker this way but wasn't quite so easy to control
Anyway an inspection of the leaking fitting found the joint just pulled apart by hand - a closer look showed there was no solder ring in one side of the fitting and I hadn't clocked it
I guess the flux was enough to hold water until the pressure overcame it and all hell broke loose
An easy fix, I cut that section of pipe out and replaced it, refilled it and hoped for the best. When nothing else seemed to be leaking I turned the boiler back on and everything got hot - great success
I'll have to drain down again to modify the pipework and fit the 3rd vertical rad, and they'll all have to come down yet again when it's time to decorate that area of the living room
No rest for the wicked...
There's a little more filling and sanding required to the walls but once thats done and the plaster is dry in a week or so it'll get painted 
