Towel radiator not hot

[DSmith]

Hello folks

I have just joined this site in the hope of getting some advice. My towel radiator in our main bathroom is not getting hot, although the pipe leading up to it is hot. the same stlye radiator in our en-suite is very hot and I have noticed that this has different valves on it, does this make any difference?

All the other radiators in the house are fine and I have tried bleeding the one towel rad that is not heating up but there is no air in it. The valves are in the open position from what I can deduce, but as they are different to others I have seen, so I am not really sure. The pipe leading out of the rad is cold.

I have attached a picture of each of the radiator valves.

Apologies for my ignorace, I hope someone can help as I am sure this is something simple.

Many thanks.

 

[verdigrey]

Did the Towel rail used to get hot , but suddenly not working ?
If so try closeing your other rads to force water through it .

 

[dontknowitall]

If you open both valves more does it work then?

 

[metaldust9]

is the pipework piggybacked of other 10mm pipe also have you tryed taping the valve with a spanner incase its sticking inside also as above is it turned off at the valves could need to balance upstairs rads by going round and turning trvs down

 

[DSmith]

Thank you all very much. The rad did used to get hot and so have tried turning all the others off and that seems to have worked. I have thermostatic valves on all my normal rads but not on the ones in the bathroom or downstairs loo as they are all towel rads, not sure if this makes any difference to balancing them all.

Anyhow it seems to be working now so thank you all very much for your advise.

D

 

[dontknowitall]

Well fixed and thank you for the thank you's!