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A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping a body or a surface. It draws moisture through direct contact.
In households, several types of fabric towels are used, including hand towels, bath towels, and kitchen towels. At the beach, people use beach towels.
Paper towels are provided in commercial or office bathrooms via a dispenser for users to dry their hands. In households they are used for minor, precision, or particularly dirty jobs of wiping, cleaning, and drying.

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  1. K

    Electric towel rail leaking

    Hi all, I'm new to the forum and this maybe not the right area to post so if wrong, please admin relocate. I have an electric towel radiator/rail in the bathroom and it's leaks water when it is turned on. I was told by a plumber that these radiator's are not repairable and it was better to...
  2. P

    Help with flushing towel rail system

    We had our house re-plumbed about 9 years ago with a sealed system with solar thermal panels. (We also had new boiler installation 5 years ago). Wanting to re-decorate the main bathroom I was surprised to see on removing the towel rail that the air vent plug at the top was corroded (the sealed...
  3. W

    Can you pipe a towel rad at the top?

    So pipes drop down from above and feed and return join rad at the top right and top left. Bottom left and right just have blanks. I'm thinking only problem would be bleeding. So then fit an auto-bleed up in the loft. Just would look so much neater for two chrome pipes to run down and join the...
  4. N

    Radiators not working, bathroom towel heaters not workin

    Dear all, I have a bit of problem with my heating. One of the radiators in my main bedroom is not getting warm enough and one radiator in my other bedroom is not getting warm at all. All other radiators are working fine as in getting warm quickly and really hot as well. I have two bathroom...
  5. M

    How to turn off towel radiator

    Good evening all, I have two towel radiators that are part of the central heating system that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn off/on. There are two white caps at the base of the radiator on either sides of the radiator as followed: and... When I remove these two...
  6. M

    Underfloor Heating & towel rad

    Hi, I am having water underfloor heating installed in a one bed new build flat. I intend to have three zone. Kitchen/Lounge, Bedroom & Hall/Bathroom. My problem is that I want to install a heated towel rad in the bathroom. What is the best way to acheive this. I have a three port manifold. I...
  7. ShaunCorbs

    Towel rad """"""""""

    come to fit a towel rad in a bathroom I first fix about a month ago on a false wall (now tiled) Nothing special just a standard towel rad with a shelf I get told :rolleyes: And get met with the owner and son carrying it up stairs Look at the weight of it, no that can't be right 40 sodding kg...
  8. A

    Chrome radiator recommendations, not towel warmer.

    Hi, Have a cust who wants a price to supply and fit a chrome radiator in their bathroom. Only 2.5m x 2.5m room. Does not want a towel warmer as do not give out much heat. Approx 400w x 1000h ish. Can anyone recommend a decent supplier/brand? Thanks
  9. V

    Towel warmer only on Electric .

    Hi Guys , I am putting a couple of extra Rads in a custs house . Plus a towel Rad . The towel rad is only going to be heated with an elecrtric element and not connected to the central heating . I have fixed the Towel rad with element onto shower room wall , but I am not sure wether to...
  10. P

    Fitting a heated towel rail

    Hello I will be fitting a heating towel rail in a bathroom with plasterboard walls. The room is being tiled at the moment. I need some good fixings to hold the towel rail. I usually use grip it fixings but these might be hard to use with the tiles. Can anyone recommend some good fixings for the...
  11. B

    Towel Radiator leak - complete plumbing dummy!

    Hi all I have a heated towel rack in my kitchen. I noticed recently that all the paint is peeling off the top and cracking down the length of the radiator. The white surface is stained with dark radiator water and the whole thing looks god awful. I want to repaint it, but am assuming that the...
  12. R

    Fitting a towel radiator between the boiler and pump?

    We have a gas boiler in the kitchen downstairs, and the 22mm feed and return go across the ceiling (in the joists) to the airing cupboard where the pump and valve (diverter valve for CH and HW) are. Between the boiler and pump the 22mm passes under our bathroom, and I would like to fit a towel...
  13. TMHM

    Towel Rail adapter alignment

    Trying to fit a couple of adapter bosses like this.... Into the bottom of a heated towel rail.... problem I have is that it only seals when fully tightened, but the side spigot then doesn't line up with the pipework. I have tried (10 turns) of PTFE tape, but the boss still can be easily...
  14. M

    Towel Rail Element - identifying the make ??

    I need to replace an element on a dual fuel chrome 500 x 1150 mm 24 tube rail but can't identify the make. How do I do that? Picture attached
  15. R

    Brass antique towel rail

    Hi Laides & Gents, I'm a DIY'er so please excuse any fundemental errors :D I am considering buy something like this to put in a bathroom. antique brass towel rail I'm concerned that the heat output might be too low and also that it may be hard to find adapters/connections to plumb the thing...
  16. L

    New towel radiator fitting

    Can i break into the 22mm main flow and return to fit an additional radiator (towel Rad) in a bathroom using 22mm to 15mm quick-fit tee's. It's quite close to the combi boiler and would be the first radiator being used ?
  17. turnpin

    Anyone got only info on towel rads made by Czech and speak.....

    Had an enquiry about above rads.....can find very little info on them anyone care to enlighten me......regards Turnpin:biggrin:
  18. S

    New towel rail in loft extension

    Hi all, wonder if I can pick your brains for a minute please.... I've recently installed a new radiator and towel rail in an old loft extension with no previous heating but I can't for the life of me get the towel rail tho heat up. I've Tee'd off from the 1st floors (floor below) flow and...
  19. R

    Heated Towel Rails

    Good morning and hello. I wonder if anyone can assist. For many years our heated towel rails have been running when either the CH or HW is running, so when the CH is off the towel rail will get warm, and similarly when the HW is off the towel rail still gets warm. Now having had some work done...
  20. S

    Wanting to add a new towel rad

    My pipes have been plumbed for 2 years for a towel rad in my house. Its an old house with gravity fed system with an expansion vessel beside my hotpress. I know how to drain and fill a gravity fed CH system with a heater tank in the attic but wanting to know the steps to take when filling up...
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