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towel rail
A towel rails radiator or a heated towel rail is a feature designed to heat towels before using them. For many years, European hotels have used them as combined towel- dryers/racks. The towel warmer is a bathroom heater suitable for both drying and heating towels and the environment. There are two versions: traditional ones that are plumbed like a radiator with water heated from a central boiler, and electric ones where an electrical resistance heats water or oil contained in the unit
Hi,
I am looking to replace a 13yr old Potterton Puma 80 Combi boiler (house original) with a new condensing type.
My semi has 2 bathrooms but both showers are electric.
There are 8 radiators but as I have decorated each room I have replaced each single rad with a double (or chrome towel...
Aqua1711
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removed a radiator, fitted a towel rail on a combi system, opened valves and can not get hot water through towel rail, pressure ok return warm but feed cold and water is coming through feed pipe.Rest of radiators ok in house
chalky
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I am replacing a rad in the bathroom to a towel rail but the pipes which are microbore are buried in the concrete screed and they need moving closer together. Can i chase the pipe back and solder a extension piece in or is there more involved than that also can i step the pipe up to 15mm so i...
gates1979
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I have a combi boiler in a downstairs utility room with a toilet with a towel radiator in the room next to it. the 15mm flow and return for the towel rad come straight off the 22mm pipe about 2M from the boiler.
I have a TRV (on the flow) which is set to the lowest setting without it being...
4candles
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hi guys, so heres the deal , i've lived in the netherlands for the last 12 years, work here as a self employed builder who occasionally does some plumbing, all relatively easy cos its all mains presure,no cold feed from above, never did any plumbing back in the uk and after all these years have...
mikieg
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Whats your opinion guys? As an engineer and not a customer.
What its like to install?
Ever any problems with this?
What its like once its installed?
Thinking of taking it on in the new year, widen my skills :)
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Well, 7..
1. a) Why do some plumbers install some radiators on the hot water circuit? To not have to drain down?
1. b) How much more expensive (if at all) are the special rads you'd need to buy if fitting on hot water circuit?
1. c) Is there any way to externally recognise a rad on the hot...
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First, I'm new here so this question may be in the wrong forum if so please feel free to move it to where it is most appropriate.
I have recently had a new bathroom fitted and amongst everything else I've had 2 towel rads fitted. They are plumbed in but also have summer elements fitted...
stakhanov
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i have an old edwardian antique towel rail that i plan to use in the bathroom. it is made from copper , looks to be 1 .5 inch pipe with brass T's throughout.
can i just plumb this in like a radiator or is it not that simple?
it has an ordinary valve and lockshield.
that bloke.
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hi all just wanted a bit of advice,
bought a new towel rail for my bathroom, got to have new valves, and move pipe work a bit wich isnt the problem.
but what im wondering is does this have to earth bonded,towel rail or pipe work below, there is no earth connected to current rad.
answers on...
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After my recent threads on the horrondous plumbing ive have carried out in theprocess of having an extension done with the plumber who i hasten to add stll hasnt shown me how he arrives at nearly double the original price given.
Anyway the big prob ive got now is the newly installed toilet...
Muscle750
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Ive recently had some work done to our house the builder sub contracted a plumber of his choice in the builders original estimate he quoted me £820 for the plumbing, In the course of the work been carried out we had quite a few problems due to bad workmanship (please see my previous posts). Two...
Muscle750
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hello everyone new to forum and have query regarding my central heating setup.
basically one vaillant turbomax 242 in kitchen.
22mm c.h pipes up to bathroom above and a few feet along.
10mm copper pipes directly joined to this for all rads in house.
10mm pipe to towel rad then progresses 12 feet...
john1
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Hi - happy Halloween :) all,
got an "intermittant" overflow on CWST four floors up in a small hotel - boiler is on the ground floor and is an old stelrad ideal Mexico it's F&E tank is above the boiler on the ground floor. the boiler does not supply heating for the hotel and supplies two small...
furryneddy
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Please could someone help me? I have had a heated towel rail fitted in my bathroom for 15 months.
It is a flat within a 1930's block so the towel rail has been fitted within the set up of the building and is part of the hot water system - in other words, hot water flows through it...
costellod
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In my previous posts ive said ive had no confidence in the plumbing over the last 3 months of having the house extended now tonight is the first night we are back in the bedroom after 3 months of dossing in the kitchen, tonight i discover that the heated towel rail is heated at all tried to...
Muscle750
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Hi.
Hope someone can help me with a couple of questions? We live in a victorian terrcaced house and the large original built in Yorkshire cast iron range is still here. I've used it for years as just an open fire. I've now got a free unlimited supply of hardwood to burn. I'd like to use this...
pianorealm
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Hi everyone,
I hope someone can help me.
I am trying to source a dual fuel central heating/electric towel rail for our bathroom that can provide a minimum of 1764 BTU / 517 Watts. Not a difficult thing in itself - there are loads out there, but we want to fit it below the window and that...
I am submitting a quote to do the m&e for an extension to a house, kitchen enlarged, study and toliet, approx 5x8 in total.
The usual chap who does the gas work for me is unable to take this on and I need to hook up with someone in the south croydon area who would be willing to help out...
andekoch
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We have a Rayburn Regent on the ground floor with a simple flow and return heating (directly) our DHW cylinder on the first floor. Thinking of adding a towel rail as a heat sink in the first floor bathroom. According to the instructions on this model a rad as a heatsink can be added, but the...
dave887
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