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    Towel Rail Plumbed from above

    Hi i am renovating a bungalow we have installed a new central heating system. long and short of the story in the shower area my plumbers installed a chrome flat towel rail, which we piped from above so basically the towel rail is upside down. We did this as walls are paramount egg box and didn't...
  2. D

    Towel Warmer on domestic circuit.

    Hi All, Any of you fitted a towel warmer to a hot water secondary circuit? I'd imagine they'd have to be specifically made for the purpose, not all towel warmers will be suitable because of the corrosive effect of the 'fresh' water yeh? I'm considering this for my own place but, to be honest...
  3. W

    Towel rail brands

    Hi, I'm replacing the famly bathroom and want to fit a heated towel rail in place of the rad, along with electric underfloor heating. The towel rail needs to be a fairly big rail (four women in the house :smilewinkgrin:) and I'm looking at 1600/500, but the range of brands and prices is large...
  4. A

    replacing an 10 mm microbore radiator with an 22mm towel radiator .

    What would be the best & afficient way to tackle this job.???
    • a.s.k.4.p.l.s.l
    • Thread
    • radiator replacing towel
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  5. jonnyswamp

    Towel rail elemant wired to motorised valve

    Is there a simple power closed, spring return open motorised valve I can fit to serve a towel rad with a heating element, so that when element is switched on, the valve closes and there is no circulation around rest of heating circuit This is on an open vented system and would be just on the...
  6. A

    Narrow Towel Radiator

    HI We had a vey small room downstairs and looking for an electric towel radiator (does not matter if its chrome white or any other colour) the size needs to be between 200mm wide or 250mm wide here and here , i have found one but not sure how to convert it to electric, does any standard towel...
  7. P

    Towel Rad valve leak

    Hi, got a leak from within the valve but can see no way of taking the cap off to see what's going on. End of cap looks to be moulded on. Any ideas?
  8. N

    Towel radiator from plastic pipes

    Hi, we live in a newish house with plastic heating pipes dropped in the walls. In the wc there is currently a small rad, the pipes are central behind it and brought out onto microbore copper behind the rad which is ok as they are fixings don't show. I'm about to tile the room and at the same...
    • Nick SR
    • Thread
    • pipes plastic radiator towel
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  9. A

    Bathroom towel rails?

    I'm planning a bathroom remodel and wanted to replace my existing bathroom rad (will be too small and cast iron) with a towel rail and worked out I need something in the region of 1200w, am I being dense the largest towel rail I can find is only half that power rating? For the space I have...
  10. S

    Adding a Towel Radiator into new En-Suite

    Hi guys, Sorry to have to ask this one, especially when I have done it previously on a number of occasions. But, is it okay to simply tap into existing feed and return circuits on heating system for the additional radiator? I know that the boiler is capable of coping with the extra demand, and...
  11. L

    Advice: Towel radiator - Pipe centers : 790mm apart

    HI all, I am having the radiators for my combi boiler ch system replaced tomorrow. For the downstairs bathroom (size of a box room - quite small), I am trying to source a normal (not designer i.e overly expensive) chrome towel rad. If there is anyone who has sourced one, of decent quality...
  12. T

    Towel Radiator Tappings

    Does anyone else frequently get problems with the 1/2" Tappings on towel radiators. 90% of the ones I have seen are dog rough, usually a really slack thread, and often leak no matter how much jointing compound you put on. I generally just use PTFE or loctite on the valve tails, is there...
  13. SimonG

    Towel Rail.

    About 6 weeks ago I got a call 'my towel rail is leaking'. Off I went, jumped out the van and grabbed a couple of spanners thinking quick nip up and away I'll be. Gets in to find the towel rail has rotted through. Drains it down, and had to cap trv as it was passing. Went back today, new...
  14. E

    electric and wet towel rail

    Hi all, having a problem with a customers towel rails (x2). they are conventionally plumbed in on the wet side i.e. flow and return to the bottom and are electrically wired at the top. i didn't put them in and the customer does not have any literature..... Problem is they only heat up up the...
  15. I

    electric only towel radiator additive

    Hello, I am replacing our bathroom towel radiator. I would like to go for electric only ( as its preety warm room ) for drying the towel. Could you please tell me what is the additive in the picture ? As far as I researched I can use filtered de-ionised ( reverse osmosis ) water with car...
    • Ibrahim Kalay
    • Thread
    • electric radiator towel
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  16. C

    geting air out of towel rail

    hi lads, went to a job today to fix a towel rail , wasnt getting warm , anyway sorted that and noticed it was only getting hot to middle (top full of air) now i cant open the bleed key as its totally rounded/flatend , and i cant replace it as ive never seen one like this before in my 5 years...
  17. F

    Random radiators/towel rail not turning off

    Hi I have had a complete bathroom refurb done and have an issue with the towel rail that has been fitted as well as three radiators (on three different floors - we have a townhouse) - since the rail was connected by the fitters, they don't turn off when the heating is switched off. The only way...
  18. N

    Adding a towel rail 15ft from boiler? Any issues?

    We already have one towel rail heated from the hot water circuit. ie: When the boiler is heating the hot water in the tank, the existing towel rail (about 2 ft away) is heated. This works perfectly, so twice a day the towels get a good little heat through. We're looking to introduce another...
  19. R

    Towel radiator (piping design)

    Hello I fitted a chrome towel radiator yesterday (1800x600) i stupidly used the two top connections for flow and return. The house is a bungalow so the pipes come from the roofspace and drop to below. As soon as I turned the water on I knew the radiator wouldn't heat as the heat is taking the...
  20. L

    Cap off towel heated towel radiator - open vented heating system with gravity feed

    hi there. Have an old corroding towel rail in our main bathroom which I would like to remove and simply cap off. I was going to simply lift the floor boards and connect the two pipes under the floor after removing the spurs to the towel rail as didnt what to cap each one off individually as...
    • lyndonho
    • Thread
    • gravity heating heating system radiator system towel
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums

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