General help needed

[harley123]

Hi There

I'm about to install a towel rail in the downstairs toilet and need some advice please. Directly above is my daughters bedroom, where there is a radiator installed. Now the radiator has a copper pipe coonected one end and then a seperate pipe connected the other end. How ould it be best to tap into these pipes to conect my towel rail, the obvious answer being to cut the return pipe and run the hot water return back via the towel rail, but just wanted to check with you guys first whether that is a good option, as I would think the pump could cope, but you never know

Many Thanks in advance

Gary

 

[jay s]

would'nt work. connect into flow drop down to towel rail and back up into return

 

[fuzzy]

2pipes to each rad, one is a flow and one is a return, all flows go together and all returns go together, thats the very basics of a system

 

[moony]

then its pipe sizing,

by coming off the wrong size pipe this could cause other rads to cool down in lamens terms

 

[fuzzy]

if just one small additional rad q plumb they may get away with that one, good point though

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

just tap into the flow and return of the daughters rad providing it is no less than 15mm to it you should be ok

 

[harley123]

First of all, many many thanks for everyone that has posted a comment, all verymuch appreciated.

Just to confirm my understanding

The flow to the rad (i.e. the pipe connected to the piece where you adjust the temp), I should tap off that into the flow of the Towel rail with a T piece.
The return from the rad (the other pipe!!), I should tap into that from the return from the towel rail with a T piece.

If that is correct, as I say, many thanks, if not can someone pleae cirrect me, as planning on doing soon.

All the vey best

 

[fuzzy]

First of all, many many thanks for everyone that has posted a comment, all verymuch appreciated.

Just to confirm my understanding

The flow to the rad (i.e. the pipe connected to the piece where you adjust the temp), I should tap off that into the flow of the Towel rail with a T piece.
The return from the rad (the other pipe!!), I should tap into that from the return from the towel rail with a T piece.

If that is correct, as I say, many thanks, if not can someone pleae cirrect me, as planning on doing soon.

All the vey best

YEP, Thats about it

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

i would drain it first tho

 

[harley123]

Thanks Tom, I plan to do that as I'm replacing two downstairs rad's at the same time, but thanks for the tip

 

[WHPES]

Don't forget to add inhibitor when you refill.