Leaking radiator on which I closed the valve

[DiamondHead]

If money is an issue are you any good at a bit of DIY ? You could drain system, remove valves from Pipes, Buy 2 x 15mm compression cap ends and blank off pipes, you will need to replace inhibitor in heating system.

Sadly no. That sounds more dramatic (drastic) than I was hoping to get away with if I'm honest.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Well if you cant DIY it, you need to get someone in to at least stop the leak ! B4 it turns into something more serious , have you tried your insurance Co you may be covered for this sort of thing,

 

[DiamondHead]

Unfortunately, if it were that easy everyone would be doing it.

We'll wait for a picture of the boiler before giving advice I think. Perhaps another question to determine, is there tanks in the loft that are still in use?

Well all I want to do is seal a pipe on a radiator I don't even use. I succeeded in turning it off when the other valve was leaking and that stopped it. So I thought there should be a simple method of dealing with this leak as well.

There's no loft, no tank, no.

 

[DiamondHead]

Well if you cant DIY it, you need to get someone in to at least stop the leak ! B4 it turns into something more serious , have you tried your insurance Co you may be covered for this sort of thing,

Right, yeah, unless there's a simple way to do it myself. Sure, that would be the next measure. As I said I just don't have any money. I'm officially very poor and have never had insurance for anything in my life. I don't live in that world. 'Suffering for my art' as they say. lol. I fixed the leaking pipe under the sink by replacing those useless red rubber washers with something more substantial. I take it this situation is more complicated than that. But, like the first guy said, I might be able to handle replacing the valve, or even both.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Well if you have a couple of spanners to do it your self would cost less than a £5 for a couple of compression fittings and it would be cheaper than replacing valve, if your as poor as you claim ask a family member if they can do it for you or help,

 

[ShaunCorbs]

but drain the system first before you start undoing the nuts

 

[Ant Parkes]

Think this OP is trying the sympathy card, claims to be very poor & have no money, but can afford a land line & internet connection, will have own house /car flat screen TV etc. just trying to get job done for free. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or at least enough information to do it themselves leaving a local, qualified and professional tradesman out of the equation.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

drain system/ freeze pipes
drain rad you doing the rad valves on
undo and either replace rad valve or cap pipes
fill back up and replace inhb and vent system (dont need this step if you froze the pipes)

alot could go wrong and easily get out of hand if you dont know what your doing

 

[DiamondHead]

Well if you have a couple of spanners to do it your self would cost less than a £5 for a couple of compression fittings and it would be cheaper than replacing valve, if your as poor as you claim ask a family member if they can do it for you or help,

OK thanks for that. I should be able to handle it alone don't you think? Please describe what the compression fittings are so I can buy them and how to fit them if you don't mind. Yeah, I live on less than dole money and there's only a few members of my family and they live on the other end of the country. I'm fairly isolated with a handful of friends who are no better at this sort of thing that I am.

 

[DiamondHead]

drain system/ freeze pipes
drain rad you doing the rad valves on
undo and either replace rad valve or cap pipes
fill back up and replace inhb and vent system (dont need this step if you froze the pipes)

alot could go wrong and easily get out of hand if you dont know what your doing

Right, it's not worth the risk. Hopefully there's a simpler way of blocking this one small unused radiator.