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valve removal

ed wallace
ed wallace Member Posts: 1,613
in THE MAIN WALL
one 2 ft wrench that the handle is against the wall a 3ft wrench on valve body used your legs to push against the 3 ft handle

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  • mk_3
    mk_3 Member Posts: 1
    removing old valves

    Does anyone have any tricks to remove an old steam radiator valve. I've disconnected the radiator all i have left is pipe and valve. I m breaking my back trying to get it off with a pipe wrench with no luck. Any tricks of the trade to get it off i need to replace it. Thanks
  • Tim_64
    Tim_64 Member Posts: 76
    Valve

    use a cheater on the pipe wrench.... i.e. a piece of pipe or something you use to extend the wrench and give yourself more leverage....

    or use some heat... propane or mapp torch applied to the body of the valve in the area of the threads
  • JB_8
    JB_8 Member Posts: 85
    Mega Penetrant oil

    www.gibbsbrand.com Gibbs is the best.
  • R Mannino
    R Mannino Member Posts: 441
    Aerokroil

    Aerokroil by Kano labs. Good Stuff but expensive. Smells nice though.
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177
    slice & split

    split the body with a plumbers wood chisel or sawzall or grinder . spin off with pair of channelocks. install new valve. remove spud tailpiece same way. DO NOT CUT TOO DEEP . elapsed time twenty minutes. simple if you know how. or call a plumber that does know how.
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