Getting stuff out from behind a radiator

As above really.

30mm gap between wall and radiator; gap I can just about fit a ruler through between skirting and radiator.

Anyone got any thoughts/suggestions?

Stick, garden cane, opened out wire  coat hanger ?

What have you got stuck down there? Are we your last hope before you have to call a paramedic?

OP. You don’t live in Gloucester, do you?

Flattened cardboard box from underneath.

Ive retrieved all sorts of things by putting some black tack on a ruler or similar and just poking about til something sticks

(black tack is basically industrial blue tack)

I’ve used one of these to get various bits from behind radiators and also bolts from engine bays etc

Flexible Grabber Tool, Magnetic 4 Claws Picker Long Handy Bendable Hose Pickup Reaching Assist Tool for Litter Pick/Home Sink/Drain https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B093BYKNHX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_BGBEKMVP9HKQSXXFKQ7X

loop of duck tape (sticky side out obvs) taped to the end of a ruler or stick….it’ll get loads of fluff as well!

Was just about to post the grabber claw that Lerk mentioned above, great thing to have in the toolbox.

Flattened cardboard box from underneath.

That’s a good shout!

What have you got stuck down there? Are we your last hope before you have to call a paramedic?

Treasure! Fortunately not body parts; looks like a book, a bracelet, a Duplo brick and a pair of scissors. I’d definitely like to get the book out.

it’ll get loads of fluff as well!

There’s definitely loads of fluff down there. Sadly not no.1 child’s netball socks though, which I’d hoped for.

A Grabber inserted from the top.
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Two old spokes joined with a spoke nipple. Repeat and go fishing. It’s what I use when things end up in inconvenient parts of the car engine bay.

Just take the radiator off

This ^^^^
There’s a good chance the rad just lift up and off. Might not have tons of movement if copper pipe, but likely enough to lift it 1/2” and tip forward a couple of inches so someone can grab the treasure

Take a few bricks out and access it from the other side.

Beaten to it. Will weigh a bit if it’s a double pannel and full of water, but easy to lift it off between two people, all the crap will fall out, then just hook it back on.

Bread knife

Angle grinder springs to mind for me