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

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  1. L

    Weird towel rail behavior!

    Hi again, i'll try and keep this as short as possible with all the facts, hopefully somebody can help me understand what is going on (I suspect it's an air lock somewhere). 1970's CH, gas boiler, gravity fed, no diverter valve, header/expansion tank present, CH pump has direction arrow pointing...
  2. W

    Would you suppor 1100 by 450 towel rail with 4 of these?

    I'm wondering if borderline case or not. I know it's common to see little rads hung with these with no problems and this towel rad weighs probably less but it's also going to have people stuffing and pulling towels on and off? http://tinyurl.com/zj45ouh
  3. R

    Towel rail valves leaking

    Good Morning all, I need some advice on a leakage that I am having with my bathroom towel rail. I have unscrewed the cap of the valve and tighten the nut underneath but still leaking. Please see the image attached showing where the leak is. Does that mean I need to fit a new valve? Thank...
  4. A

    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
  5. B

    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
  6. M

    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...
  7. S

    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...
  8. M

    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...
  9. D

    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...
  10. M

    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...
  11. M

    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...
  12. D

    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...
  13. P

    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.
  14. P

    towel rail tail tight

    I recently fitted a towel rail, theres a slight weep on one of the tails, when I tried to remove the trail it started to tighten up Any ideas on why, I don't want to damage the towel rail in removing the tail but its got to come out
  15. brum

    Towel rail sizing

    Hi guys am doing a bathroom fit and replacing rad for towel rail I think 1200x600 flat chrome.I think this is more than adequate for room 1800x2600 2400 high 2 no outside walls,what do you guys think and what is the btus req for a room of this size as customer is a bit odd and has asked question...
  16. A

    Heated towel rail problem

    Hi all, I am a non-professional trying to re-fit a small cloakroom. I am replacing an old, small towel rail with under floor heating. I am led to believe the rail was on a separate loop which is fed from the hot water supply and not the central heating. Having removed the rail I capped off the...
  17. R

    Dual Fuel towel rail installation

    Hi, I've just installed a dual fuel towel rail. I've been led to believe that the heating element should be on the flow pipe. When I installed the rail, I didn't know which pipe was flow/return (don't ask - it's a long story!). Turns out I've put the heating element on the return. I can't...
  18. D

    Towel rail element

    Afternoon chaps and chappesses I have replaced a bathroom rad with a shiny new dual fuel towel rad (Kudox) My issue is that no matter what I do, I cannot get the element even hand tight - always about a quarter to half a turn off If I was to tighten fully, the pipe entry would be out of line...
  19. P

    Oil heating/ towel rail question

    Easy for those in the know but can someone advise me whether I can have a water filled bathroom towel radiator with il central heating. I am sure this is the case and think this is what is in the existing radiator atm. I assume you can only get electric and water filled towel radiators?
  20. K

    fitting towel rail in bathroom

    I want to fit a new towel rail in place of radiator in bathroom. I have a Combi Boiler system. I have closed off both valves on radiator and removed radiator from wall. With the radiator off I opened both valves but no water came out of either. Is this normal with a Combi boiler and how do I get...

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