towel rail

All right guys do you fit towel rails of hot water side or Heating just wondering thank steven

quick question...never encountered this problem putting a towel rail in bathroom but thermal store with combi expansion is on same floor, how high can i go with the towel rail? to as high as the water level in the f&e or lower? cheers bob

Hi guys, after an opinion on what looks good and works well. I have a 1.8 metre towel rail to be fitted in a shower room with a concrete floor. So as the floor is finished I'm bringing my pipes down from upstairs. I was thinking of bringing both pipes to the bottom of the rail, but do you...

Hi there I have just installed my first bathroom (~well almost finished) and am having a problem with the new towel rail valves i have fitted to the new towel rail. (angled valves). When heated up they are fine but when cold i have a leak. I have checked both screw connections and they are...

Have had a heated towel rail fitted for a few weeks, and managed to pick up an element today cheaply... the rating on the towel rail is 150w, and the element is 400w.... i only want to use the heater on electric, as to plumb it in is real awaward position.... 1st question is what liquid do i...

hi all. the bathroom as standard type radiator about a metre wide which is going to be replaced with a narrower towel rail. now the problem is the existing pipework comes through the tiled floor with no access to underneath. is there any other way of altering the pipework without having to have...

Hi I have 2 wobbly old heated chrome towel rails and want some brackets to make them more secure. They are floor mounted and I need some clamp type brackets to go onto the wall at the top. Any ideas where I can get these? Someone told me they are called hospital clamps ... but that hasn't...

Hi Guys, Would like a little advice please just to make everything clear Have a towel rail that is rusted and leaking. Its on a combi boiler, the towel rail has the usual 10mm legs coming out of the wall. Going to lock off all rads and drain pipework through lowest drain off to outside...

Hi all, what is the best choice of valves for centrally heated towel rails these days? I've read manual valves are better than thermostatic somewhere, but that may be out-dated advice. Is there a specific reason not to use thermostatic, as they should save energy? aside from that, whilst the...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but since it concerns a towel rail/radiator it might be. I've got a towel rail that is fed by the central heating system and also has an electric heating element in it. It gets warm when the central heating is on but the electric heating...

My bathroom is going through total refurbishment. Old radiator has been removed and a new heated towel is being installed, but on an opposite wall. Pipes are now under new tiles. The pipes also run behind a new shower. Water to towel rail was isolated until last night when it was...

i came across this today, some class act had connected the 15mm flow, copper pipe using a flexible tap connector to the towel rail, i mentioned it to the punter, as i was only there to stop a toilet leak and he said i think he was a cowboy, i agreed !!!

Customer wants Towel Rail water heated & electric heated combined...Copper tails have been left ready to fit electrics are in place. Is there a special TRV-style fitting that combines the electric wiring & the water fitting? Is this fitted to the flow pipe side as with a normal TRV? Thanks

Hello My towel rail in the loft room (which runs off the central heating - combi boiler) has suddenly stopped working! I heard it quietly ticking one night and the next day it was cold and has been since. I've bled it, turned all the other radiators off in the house and whacked the heating on...

Hello All, Just a general query for the experienced guys out there. Is it possible to join a towel rail into the 2 top ports of a radiator. Or is there another way of doing it. Thanks in advance PLM

Hi, Couple of questions regarding heated towel rails 1) what wattage heating element would be ideal for 600x900 towel rAil, 2) can these be fitted on combis,mega flow, conventional systems? Any systems that carnt? 3) are there any tips you could give on these? I read a post about...

Hi there, I had a heated towel rail put in recently, which worked fine. I then had cast iron rads fitted, and all the rads were bled and removed of air, plus the boiler pressure was adjusted. The heated towel rail continued to work for another month, but now it's suddenly stopped working. I've...

I have a bathroom with is out the back of my house. I am running in a Heated towel rail and to avoid having to dig up the solid floor I propose to drop the pipes down from the upstairs circuit. Can I feed this pipework in at the top of the towel rail or is it best to run them down to the...

I know im not going to get an exact answer here but just looking for a rough estimate. Thing is I've been to look at a house and thinking of making an offer but it needs a lot of work and as you've guessed this includes the heating. So Im just trying to estimate how much needs spending on the...

I have a problem with the heating in a house I have just bought.It comprises a baxi barcelona boiler ,fully pumped system with an unvented ariston cylinder.It supplies 11 rads and a towel rail.the living room has 2 small long rads under the windows as does the master bedroom.There is an...