doh

[timwilky]

The wife is getting a bit tetchy with the granddaughter (all of 16 month) and lets her pick up and play with my mobile. Next thing rattle rattle as she drops it behind the lounge radiator.

No way is it coming out without the rad off. Need to drain the thing off and lift it off the mounting brackets.

Still an improvement on my mates who builders dropped theirs into the cavity wall and knocked out a couple of bricks in the hallway to retrieve it, ringing it all the time to confirm location, quite a nasty surprise when he came home to inspect his extension to find out they had wrecked his hallway and done £400 of damage to recover a £20 mobile

[hovis]

why drain it?

[timwilky]

Because I need to disconnect it from the pipes in order to lift it. If I don't drain it off then there is a few gallons of nasty black water all over my lounge.

[hovis]

i thought you might just be able to lift it off the brackets enough for the phone to drop

[timwilky]

If only

[hovis]

poke it with a pointed stick?

[tigersaw]

bit of stick with araldite rapid on end. place against phone, wait hour, lift out phone. clean off glue.

[kwak zzr]

i would try everything before draining the rad. stick ideas good:)

[tigersaw]

I do it all the time for things I cant get back with a magnet on a stick. I usually find a bit of hot melt glue (glue gun) on a bit of dowel works on most 'recoveries', sets in 1 minute and easy to peel off, but the phone may be jammed or too heavy, but araldite will pull it out no worries.
I used this method to recover a bulb that had fallen into my SV headlamp.

[valleyboy]

Sounds like a topic to start a poll off hovis...

'I didnt answer my mobile phone because:'

[Ed]

Oh Wilky do you ever see a happy moment. Last thread was complaining about solicitors. Last thread before that was a complaint about the weather. I think you need some happy juice:D

[Richie]

employ Yoda, he great at getting things that are stuck fast out... take that X-Wing for example.

[Hazzar]

dont drain it all drain a few ltrs then take it of and flip it over leaving the pipe ends at the top and then no more water will come out :confused:

[northwind]

Bump it along to one end with a stick, then either pull it out the end (if possible) or stick your hand in and shove it up to the top? Works a charm on ours, I used to be elite at dropping stuff down the back of radiators...

[timwilky]

Andy, The mounting brackets were in the way to prevent anything being pushed along the top of the skirting board.

So closed off both valves, a big drip tray underneath, and cracked the nut enough to let the water leak out without soaking the wall/carpet.

11:30. My lad comes home and we are then able to lift the thing off the brackets. (Too heavy for a wimp like me to do by myself. 6'*2'6 double). out drops phone and a plate. don't ask. 10 seconds later, back on, nuts tightened, valves open and heating system topped up.