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  1. SimonG

    Towel Rail.

    About 6 weeks ago I got a call 'my towel rail is leaking'. Off I went, jumped out the van and grabbed a couple of spanners thinking quick nip up and away I'll be. Gets in to find the towel rail has rotted through. Drains it down, and had to cap trv as it was passing. Went back today, new...
  2. E

    electric and wet towel rail

    Hi all, having a problem with a customers towel rails (x2). they are conventionally plumbed in on the wet side i.e. flow and return to the bottom and are electrically wired at the top. i didn't put them in and the customer does not have any literature..... Problem is they only heat up up the...
  3. I

    electric only towel radiator additive

    Hello, I am replacing our bathroom towel radiator. I would like to go for electric only ( as its preety warm room ) for drying the towel. Could you please tell me what is the additive in the picture ? As far as I researched I can use filtered de-ionised ( reverse osmosis ) water with car...
  4. C

    geting air out of towel rail

    hi lads, went to a job today to fix a towel rail , wasnt getting warm , anyway sorted that and noticed it was only getting hot to middle (top full of air) now i cant open the bleed key as its totally rounded/flatend , and i cant replace it as ive never seen one like this before in my 5 years...
  5. F

    Random radiators/towel rail not turning off

    Hi I have had a complete bathroom refurb done and have an issue with the towel rail that has been fitted as well as three radiators (on three different floors - we have a townhouse) - since the rail was connected by the fitters, they don't turn off when the heating is switched off. The only way...
  6. N

    Adding a towel rail 15ft from boiler? Any issues?

    We already have one towel rail heated from the hot water circuit. ie: When the boiler is heating the hot water in the tank, the existing towel rail (about 2 ft away) is heated. This works perfectly, so twice a day the towels get a good little heat through. We're looking to introduce another...
    • NeilF
    • Thread
    • boiler towel
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Boilers
  7. R

    Towel radiator (piping design)

    Hello I fitted a chrome towel radiator yesterday (1800x600) i stupidly used the two top connections for flow and return. The house is a bungalow so the pipes come from the roofspace and drop to below. As soon as I turned the water on I knew the radiator wouldn't heat as the heat is taking the...
  8. L

    Cap off towel heated towel radiator - open vented heating system with gravity feed

    hi there. Have an old corroding towel rail in our main bathroom which I would like to remove and simply cap off. I was going to simply lift the floor boards and connect the two pipes under the floor after removing the spurs to the towel rail as didnt what to cap each one off individually as...
  9. hammers4spanner

    towel rails

    A friend of mine bought a towel rail from B&Q which i installed today for him which inolved removing old rad etc etc .Anyhows upon refilling system one of the welds as usual sprang a leak so he phoned B&Q and told them the issue so off we go to get another towel rail .When we are in the store...
  10. M

    Anyone identify these towel rads?

    I've got a job to replace six chrome towel rads that have suffered badly with pinholing due to lack of inhibitor. The customer (and I!) would really like to replace like for like as installing different ones would mean a lot of disruption to walls etc. However there are no manufacturers...
  11. N

    Can I install a bleed valve in my heated towel rail?

    My bathroom has been refitted with a brand new designer type towel rail. This is the highest radiator on my circuit and is slowly collecting some air. My old bathroom rad had a standard bleed valve which was easy to use. This towel rail has no valve, just a "bolt" and fibre washer. To release...
  12. A

    Need advice on towel rad centers

    My customer is buying a 500 wide towel rail for the wall i want to board out the floor to tile but need to know thwe measurements for the feeding pipes the centers and distance from the wall too can anybody advise? cheers:punk:
  13. E

    bathroom towel rail said to be on the hot water circuit

    Hi All, Attended a job today and was informed that the bathroom rail was on the hot water circuit. it is a large communal boiler in a block of flats with no valves or stopcocks in the flat. I tried draining but obviously couldnt without stopping the system filling. There is a pump in the...
    • eddiebrown424
    • Thread
    • bathroom hot water towel water
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  14. Riley

    Bronze/gold coloured towel rads

    Hi folks. Doing a job for a customer and they require a new towel rail. However all the fittings in their bathroom are gold/bronze in colour. Can anyone recommend a supplier that sells such things for less than £500 ?? I'm struggling to find any deals. Cheers
  15. J

    Fitting a new towel warmer (pressurized boiler)

    Hi guys new here. I am a fairly competent DIYer but i have never really attempted to change a radiator. Well that is what i need to do, remove my old rad and fit a towel warmer. Q1 Firstly the rad is half inch too wide for the original pipes sticking out my bathroom floor, whats the best way...
    • j4g3d
    • Thread
    • boiler fitting towel
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Boilers
  16. T

    Heated towel rail fitted to combi system

    Our towel rail is very hot at the bottom and almost cold from about the last 3/4 rails to the top. I have looked everywhere but all I can see are the two valves at the bottom attatched to the in and out pipes but I cant see a bleed valve, at the top of the two main struts there are like round...
  17. J

    Connecting Towel Rail to Original Rad Pipes?

    Evening All, Having recently moved into my first home I am trying to change the radiator in our cloakroom from a standard to a towel rail. I have got as far as removing the old rad and capping it off, etc however am now a bit stumped in terms what connectors, etc I need to purchase/use for the...
  18. N

    No Radiators working after installing a Towel Rail

    Good Morning, I have a Powermax 155 boiler which runs an open vented central heating system in a single floor flat. Yesterday I replaced the radiator in the main bathroom with a large towel rail. After reconnecting the plumbing to the towel rail and turning the central heating back on, none of...
  19. plumb_know

    Leaking towel radiator

    Went to a job where customer has had new towel rad and new rad valves fitted, had leak coming from rad tail where it goes into radiator. Customer had bought new rad valve and wanted me to fit them as original plumber away. I thought when rad was fitted maybe they hadn't put tape round thread, so...
  20. M

    Electric towel rail stopped working - flashing green light

    Hi, I have an electric towel rail that does not heat up anymore. It has power still, as the temperature indicator is continuously flashing green. Turning up the temperature dial does not make any difference. The controls are located at the bottom of the towel rail in a small white control...
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