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    Towel radiator timer not send instruction to radiator

    Hi, my towel radiator has just stopped working, the connections are all good. The timer program is working but when the timer kicks in to turn the heating element on , no blue light ,no electric sent to the element, it's called a time guard, FST-11A Does it just need replacing?
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    Towel

    Anyone know the towels that soak up Twice as much as others? Thx
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    Towel Radiator Nightmare

    Hi All, I was wondering if anybody out there is able to help with this minor, yet annoying problem, I'm having with my towel radiator please? :) I'd really appreciate it! My bathroom towel radiator (image below) hasn't been working for months. I've tried bleeding it several times and have...
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    Offset straight towel radiator valves

    Hi guys, Went out to a leaking straight towel radiator valve , but I couldn't replace as it was offset by 5-10mm, no play in pipework as tiled, anyone know where I can get them from???? Thanks
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    Towel radiator constant bleeding of air

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any advice please. i have a towel rail radiator, every few weeks it goes cold at the top and I end up bleeding quite a bit of air from it. No pressure drop on the system just air! It's been like it for ages but looking for a solution. Thanks
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    Heated towel rail

    Hi, Can the heated towel rail be connected to the pipeswork with flex hoses, or it has to be copper pipes? Thanks
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    Megaflo towel rad help

    Hi guys, Installed a new towel rad in a new loft bathroom on a megaflo system now being asked if I can now connect it up so it heats up when the heating is off for summer use....how? Was thinking the dual fuel CH/Electric element, but builders are saying there's another way... Any...
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    Towel rail rad

    Can anyone give me some tips on how best to drain a towel rail rad , I want to remove temporarily for tiling the feeds are two verticals to rad valves , is it just a case of loosen the nuts and capture water as best you can , It looks like it could be seriously awkward. cheers billy
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    Towel rail

    Hi, just been doing a bathroom for a bathroom shop, first time working for them. House has no central heating so an electric towel rail was going in. When I open box it's just a standard central heating ladder towel rail, but they d sent a heating element. When I ring shop they tell me to fit it...
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    replacing vertical radiator with heated towel rail

    When we moved in to our house there was a vertical radiator in the bathroom and we'd like to switch it for a heated towel rail. However the holes for the mounting brackets in line with the central heating pipework holes at the bottom of the radiator. There doesn't seem to be any towel rails that...
    • sarah3345
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    • radiator replacing towel
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    40kw combi with just a towel rail...

    Evening chaps, just wondering if this will be ok. The lady is in a flat that has a big heating system for all flats which is getting taken out. As she has just had her flat decorated she doesn't want to take up floors or wall mount pipes to put in rads and so just wants a big as shower and so a...
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    Expansion in towel rail with element

    Hello all. ive recently been asked to fit a towel rail with an electric element. im wondering about the expansion issue. The he way I see it you can either leave an air gap at top of rad. or you can leave return valve open so water expands into heating system. problem I've got with these...
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    Fixing towel rails on plasterboard

    HI I have a client who wants a large towel (approx 500mm X 850mm) rail fitted onto a plasterboard stud wall. I am only concerned about the weight. I have used Gripit fixings before and they seem ok but can anyone recommend anything even more secure. I guess I could batten it but has anyone...
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    Towel rail help

    I need to replace a leaking towel rail, but need a straight swap. The leaking one is really old and has no markings on it. Its 450 wide by 1000 high curved towel rail. I need to match the pipes coming out of the tiled wall as my customer doesn't want the tiles removed to alter anything. The pipe...
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    Towel Rails on the DHW primary circuit

    I've just received a tender document for a major refurb and the architects specification calls for the towel rails to be installed on the DHW cylinder primaries. (Fully pumped, unvented heating system) This used to be common practice a few years back, - I can't find any reference to whether it...
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    Heated Towel Rail - Elbow Fittings?

    Hi (first post on these forums) Looking to replace an existing radiator for a chrome heated towel rail. However, I live in a new build house where they have used white plastic pipe (think its called barrier pipe???) and I would still like to be able to take the towel rail off the wall to...
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    replacing a normal radiator with a towel radiator

    Hi. I want to replace a leaking bathroom radiator with a towel radiator. The existing radiator (which I have already removed) has a top feed and bottom exit. Is it possible to fit the towel radiator using the existing pipework or do towel radiators always have to have both bottom feed and...
    • dangermouse
    • Thread
    • radiator replacing towel
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
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    Towel rail dilemma

    The Mrs granny has had a wet room installed in her council house, the plumbers wouldn't put a towel rail she has bought in whilst they where doing the bathroom. Anyway the pipework modification cant be done under the floor so going to have to do it above the floor. Any ideas to make it look...
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    Towel radiator install?

    Hi all. I'm just wondering if different people have a different method for hanging a towel rad to 1st fix vertical pipework? Do you all just drop the rad onto the pipes and try and hold it in place whilst levelling everything up? Or if there's play in the pipe(up&down) do you hang it by...
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    Making towel rail

    Been asked to make a towel rail out of copper. Having a blank moment, how do I make sure it circulates round all the rails equally.

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