i always take the rad off, then once you take the screw out the clip you can swing the pipes away form the wall, theres enough play to do it with an ordinary trowel, leave the clips on the pipes then when its done just start with the skirting clips and the rest just line up back where they were before and all you gotta do is wind the screw back in...
bod - 'mule post' :huh: its a 'newel post' :RpS_thumbup: or 'half newel' is the one that abutts the wall... but i know what you mean, small tool only thing that gets under the ball innit..