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  1. milleniumaire

    Dual fuel towel rail

    Hi guys, I would like to tap into your knowledge of dual fuel towel rails. We already have an electric element in our en-suite towel rail/radiator, which was added about 10 years ago and is connected to a timer. In Summer I close off both valves and turn on the timer so we get toasty towels in...
  2. Laura Hardy

    Cold towel rail any thoughts

    So here goes. My bathroom towel rail is cold. All other rads in the house are hot and on both upstairs and downstairs. The feed pipe going into the towel rail is nice and hot but the rail itself is cold. It's has a teeny weeny bit of temp change for about an inch along the bottom rung but I...
  3. B

    How to drain down to remove towel rail AND valves?

    Towel rail needs to be removed so that new flooring can fit over pipes. Therefore the whole thing needs to come off valves and all so that the pipe ends coming up from the floor are exposed. The bottom compression nut and olive can stay on each pipe as there will be big enough holes in the...
  4. P

    Cold Towel Rail Fed By Robbens UFH System

    Hi All, Hoping someone can help with what I thought was a minor problem/easy fix issue with the towel rail in my new-ish house; it is now permanently cold. I'll explain a bit of background, the system set up and some things I've tried so far... Hopefully I'm missing something blindly obvious...
  5. S

    White hairy material around towel heater pipe joint: asbestos?

    I’m wondering weather this stringy stuff (see photos) around my towel heater’s pipe joints could be some kind of fiber/string with asbestos in it? They don’t really look like hemp to me, and I’m a bit worried about it! Thanks
  6. M

    Towel Rail only half heating

    Hi all, I wondered if you could please give me some advice in regards to a towel rail we have just had fitted. This rail is only heating up the top half and not the bottom. This is quite a long towel rail thats been installed in our bathroom. The rail has been installed so the 2 inlets for the...
  7. D

    3 No. Grey Towel Rails for sale - new

    Hi all, I have three brand new towel rails available. Bought in error by my dear mother-in-law, who now can't return them. Details as follows: Juva 650 x 400mm Sand Grey Flat Panel Heated Towel Rail. Pipe Centres (mm) 350 BTU Output 1005 Heating Type Central Heating Height (mm) 650...
  8. G

    Advice on replacement Towel Rad on Gravity System heated by Multifuel Stove

    Hello, My current installation is an 8Kw Morso Stove, about 20 years old, connected to: An indirect coil in a vented cylinder (on the ground floor where the heater is, but raised by about 80cm), gravity fed with a bathroom towel rail upstairs also gravity fed. Once the gravity circuit is up...
  9. I

    Towel Rail on Hot water system

    Hi all Hope you can help... firstly, I'm not a plumber, but l like to be hands on If possible and try to understand things if I can. The problem I have is I had a new radiator/towel rail replaced in my bathroom which I tiled a while back. I had a local plumber plumb the radiator in which I...
  10. T

    Replacing heated towel rail on combi system

    I have got a Worcester Bosch combi boiler heating system with a MagnaClean filter. The heated towel rail in the bathroom is white and rusting, so I plan to replace it with a chrome rail to reduce the likelihood of future rusting. Am I right in thinking that when I disconnect the existing towel...
  11. B

    Replacing Towel Rad - Slightly shorter width problem (Photo)

    I'm replacing my towel radiator in my bathroom. The new one I bought, while it has the same overall dimensions, is slightly narrower than the old one where it is connected to the flow and return pipes. What are my options here? Is there some sort of adjustable value I can use to sort this or...
  12. Scott_D

    New build - rad to towel rail

    I have been asked to change a rad to a towel rail in a new build bathroom As you can imagine it’s 10mm plastic out the wall Has anyone got an image of 10mm plastic into a towel rail so that I can show the customer how it will look if I just swap as they have asked? Do I have any options other...
  13. Gavin Rafferty

    Towel Rail strange happenings...

    Hi all, I am new here and looking for some advice. I recently installed a towel radiator in the bathroom to replace the old radiator. The towel radiator will not heat up. So far I have tried: Turning off all other rads Bleeding all rads Checked that TRV and lock valve are fully open Closed...
  14. S

    Towel rail valves open or closed!

    Hi I’ve just fitted a towel rail. Should both valves be open to fill it? And stay open once filled and bleed? Thanks
  15. A

    Correct height of towel radiator above floor

    Hello, Just doing first fix pipework for a bathroom and two ensuites. Just wondering what the convention for height above floor for towel radiators is please? I will be bringing two chrome pipes out of the stud wall at the correct height for angle valves. I am also putting extra timber...
  16. M

    Towel rad with electric element?

    Hi lads. I haven’t done one of these for quite some time but I’ve been asked to fit the towel rad with an element but the supplied valves are straights. It’s 500mm wide but whoever done the first fix have set the pipes at 400. Do I need to use one straight valve and one angled valve out of the...
  17. C

    Cold heated towel rail!

    Hello, I would love some help sorting out a cold towel rail. The whole thing is cold, including the pipes leading in and out. We have had it about three years and it used to work but hasn't worked for ages, nor has the radiator also in the loft which I will post about separately. I have been...
  18. C

    Problem with old towel rad pipes

    Hi all My first post here and after a little advice, please. I have a downstairs shower room and the old towel rail (now thrown away) had pipes that are under the concrete floor. Since throwing the old rad and refurbishing the room I’ve noticed the pipes are an odd size. The centres are 425mm...
  19. W

    Are towel rad heights measured from rungs or side ends?

    Googled it but didn't find an answer. Not critical but just wondering, so I am.
  20. B

    Towel Rad Inadequate

    Good afternoon all, sorry if this seems like a stupid question but I am looking for advice. We recently had our bathroom done and were advised a Radox RXPS-1800400-CH would be man enough to heat the room. It isn’t, having done a bit of homework I think I’m going to go down the route of a...

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