The dreaded tiled floor problem

[townfanjon]

..... I have never done this but cant see why it wont work .

Customer has a one pipe system and wants a small towel rad in a downstairs toilet, but I cant get under the floor to plumb the towel rad into the one pipe , but can get to the pipe by lifting another rooms floor , and sliding some micro bore under the tiled floor .
In other words I am taking Two tees off the same pipe and feeding the proposed towel rail , not ideal I know , anybody see any problems ???

Many thanks

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Aslong as there swept / diverter tees then your fine

 

[townfanjon]

Aslong as there swept / diverter tees then your fine

Cheers for second opinion Shaun , just never seen it done.

 

[mfgs]

How long will the runs be from the tees? Also are the other rads in microbore? I haven't seen a one pipe system with microbore on it before.

 

[Best]

I was nearly going to say it won't work, but as Shaun said, with swept tees it hopefully will.
Without swept tees the flow won't go through the rad.

 

[townfanjon]

How long will the runs be from the tees? Also are the other rads in microbore? I haven't seen a one pipe system with microbore on it before.

No pal , no others , I am just going to tee off the one pipe around 2 meters or less to a one off little towel rail, and then tee it back into the same pipe . Not good I know.

 

[townfanjon]

I was nearly going to say it won't work, but as Shaun said, with swept tees it hopefully will.
Without swept tees the flow won't go through the rad.

Yep swept tees will defo force the flow , good call from Shaun , but even without the swept tees I still think it could get warm through heat transfer . Poople who tile timber floors without access to pipes and wires should be made to watch a full season watching Bradford City , and then be shot .

 

[Best]

Yep swept tees will defo force the flow , good call from Shaun , but even without the swept tees I still think it could get warm through heat transfer . Poople who tile timber floors without access to pipes and wires should be made to watch a full season watching Bradford City , and then be shot .

Definitely people who get their floors all tiled or hardwood on top and then ask for a radiator to be installed on a different wall, - should be brain scanned!
How different things used to be in the good old days when people mainly used carpets.
I don't think you would get heat transfer with one pipe connected with microbore using ordinary tees. Unless your rad was almost on top of the main run.

 

[SimonG]

Make sure the micro doesn't trap itself.

 

[Best]

That's what I was thinking, - microbore airlocks very easily and likely to be all sorts of rises and falls in the pipes when you push it blindly below a floor

 

[ShaunCorbs]

With swept tees you should be fine tbh

 

[mfgs]

I would try and do it in 15mm if possible