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Not sure I understand the problem, there is a small 15mm pipe in wall.jpg that could be removed to give you more room to refit the the radiator, a new piece could be made up and a new solder elbow fitted and pushed on to the pipe coming from the wall. All fittings should really be soldered anyway.
New rad valves should also be fitted as they are cheap, thermostatic preferably.
I have never had a problem unscrewing bleed valves. painted or not as should never be tight.
Unless I am missing something
Changing the fitting on the pipe in the wall will require to drain the entire system... right? This is what the plumber was saying. We have 11 radiators, BTW.
As for the bleed valves... they are not simply painted over, I had a look and then remembered that I actually asked for advice here a few years back, but never actually did anything about it (because the system didn't need bleeding since):
Central Heating - How would you describe this Radiator Bleeding Valve ? | OT (OFF Topic) Forums
I need to order one.... any idea what would be the best way to describe it, including size (assuming they come in different sizes)?
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