Replacing your own hands radiators

When it becomes necessary to replace the radiator?

Very often the reason for replacing the radiator in an apartment is that the battery does not provide enough heat.This is because inside they have accumulated a lot of dirt, which makes it difficult to heat.

Sometimes it happens that the battery power is not enough for heating housing.Residents of private homes can change the level of heat in your home yourself with a gas boiler, then in urban high-rise apartments are constantly forced to endure the fact that conventional heaters do not provide enough heat in the rooms.

Replacing your hands radiators

If you need to replace the gas welding, then do it yourself does not work.In other cases, it is quite possible to cope on their own.

be engaged in this process better in the offseason, when the heating system is not working.Since the summer, heating is switched off, then the permission to the battery replacement procedure you can easily get.At other times, replace the radiator through the housing office will be very problematic.

If you decide to change the battery, you have to:

1. Selecting heater.Thus it is necessary to take into account many important parameters.
2. preparatory process, during which usually overlaps the water, and sometimes part of the riser pipe is cut off, and carried out all the measurements.
3. Purchase materials.To install the battery you need a cap, gasket, pipe, valves and trailer.
4. Preparation Tool.You will find useful level, drill, drill, Bulgarian, wrench, pipe wrench, soldering iron.
5. Removing the old battery.
6. marking space.
7. Installing a new battery.

The same steps and spend on a replacement convector radiator, if necessary.

Replacement radiators on gas welding

Replacement radiators on welding is always done by experienced professionals.The replacement process is as follows:

1. Drain water from the water supply system.If you do not do this, difficulties may arise in the process of dismantling the old battery.
2. Dismantling of old equipment.In professional dismantling it takes very little time, if you have special equipment to do this very quickly and easily.
3. Investing.Thus nut screwed on the radiator pipe, and in the place where the tube will dock, American placed taps.
4. installation.The battery is connected to the pipe at the point where the American set.After that, the battery is welded and installed with a crane bridge.

How much is a replacement of a radiator?

Price radiator replacement will vary depending on the new heat sink material, as well as on factors such as the presence or absence of the old battery, carrying it to another place, and so on. D.

average cost radiator replacement is about 1500 rubles.This is just the cost of installation.

cost of the work, which includes all other steps, ie the dismantling of the old battery, transfer it to a new location, site preparation, cutting additional sections and welding work are paid in addition.Total replacement will cost about 5000 rubles.