Radiator move...

Ask a plumber, it might not be feasable

We’ve just had two moved in the kitchen/utility area. Well, two taken out and a new one put in elsewhere.

I don’t know how they did it because the kitchen was sealed off while they worked , but it didn’t seem like a big job when we discussed it and took less than a day.

Oh, I’ve just remembered they repositioned the dining room radiator too because of a new door through.

We have concrete floors.

Thanks for the responses.
I have a checked with two plumbers and got the stock response of "yes, not a big job!"

I tend to think that a workman's version of not a big job and mine, could be totally different!

It’ll depend on whether your pipe work is surface or concealed. If they have to dig up some of the floor it will be a bigger job. I’d do as others suggest ask a plumber to take a look.

We had that done. Pipes laid over edge of floor close to skirting board, capping over the pipes. Capping painted in wall colour, you wouldn’t know they were there. For a plumber a simple job.

You have two options either the pipework is run on the surface or they have to dig a channel in the concrete and cover it up. If you have them run on the surface they can be blocked in with skirting etc.

I have wanted to do this for a small room but haven’t dared to get a quote. Can I ask, was it an expensive job?

Ours was moved, well replaced in a different area in the kitchen, the pipe work had to come from the old feed. Some was behind new kitchen units, the rest boxed, I can’t recall the cost, we had another one in our bedroom replaced in situ, it wasn’t expense, but it was a friend that did it.

It's not a big job and shouldn't be expensive. I usually ask for recommendations for tradespeople on our local facebook page.

Depending on whether or not the concrete needs channelling out obviously affects the cost. If just moving a few feet and floorboards or surface pipework it shouldn't be more than around £100. I'm in London and my son is a plumber.

Of course the plumbers are correct: it’s not a big job.

We’ve replaced and moved quite a few radiators in this house.
To be honest it’s probably best to do it while you’re decorating, as the channelling out of the concrete floors is pretty messy.
But it’s not particularly expensive, and a good plumber will soon get it done.

Yes added vertical rads, was done by builder/Plumber,

When we moved into our current home we had a partial heating system, with all the pipes in the screed. We just left them there, put new radiators in where we wanted them and had all the pipes run round the skirting boards, boxed in where possible.

I would never want a CH system where the pipes were not readily accessible. Both my sister and a friend had leaks in pipes set in screed and getting that all sorted was a nightmare for both of them, DS had a succession of leaks, in the end she started again from scratch and kept every pipe in sight.

Plumbers these days have the wherewith-all to make light of these jobs.