Central heating pipes in apartment

[essential84]

Hi guys

My daughter has bought a flat with gas central heating. The radiators have what look like flexible water pipes rather than the usual solid pipes. Is this because it is a flat? (10 years old) I've not seen anything like them before. Can a towel rail be fitted to replace the radiator in the bathroom bearing in mind these strange pipes?
Thank you in advance for your replies

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Might help with some pics of what is installed etc

 

[Darren Jackson]

I once came across a radiator in a recently built kitchen extension piped up by flexible 1/2" tap connectors! the customer told me that the guy who fitted it for him had told him it was to enable it to be lifted on & off easily for decorating. Are your Daughters the 10mm/15mm plastic pipes or are they the silver flexible type that are really not designed for radiators?

 

[Azzer1704]

It's a bit hard to picture what you are explaining. Some newer build properties have 8/10mm plastic pipes exiting the wall behind the rad then dropping down to the valves. Is that what you are seeing?

 

[Frog67]

Sounds like a "flexi Friday" job.