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A towel rails radiator or a heated towel rail is a feature designed to heat towels before using them. For many years, European hotels have used them as combined towel- dryers/racks. The towel warmer is a bathroom heater suitable for both drying and heating towels and the environment. There are two versions: traditional ones that are plumbed like a radiator with water heated from a central boiler, and electric ones where an electrical resistance heats water or oil contained in the unit

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    Combi boiler size advise please.....

    Hi, I am looking to replace a 13yr old Potterton Puma 80 Combi boiler (house original) with a new condensing type. My semi has 2 bathrooms but both showers are electric. There are 8 radiators but as I have decorated each room I have replaced each single rad with a double (or chrome towel...
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  2. C

    towel rail

    removed a radiator, fitted a towel rail on a combi system, opened valves and can not get hot water through towel rail, pressure ok return warm but feed cold and water is coming through feed pipe.Rest of radiators ok in house
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  3. G

    microbore

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    Towel radiator is too hot

    I have a combi boiler in a downstairs utility room with a toilet with a towel radiator in the room next to it. the 15mm flow and return for the towel rad come straight off the 22mm pipe about 2M from the boiler. I have a TRV (on the flow) which is set to the lowest setting without it being...
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    hot water presure

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    Underfloor heating.

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  7. W

    A hundred random plumbing-related questions.

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    problem with heated towel rails

    First, I'm new here so this question may be in the wrong forum if so please feel free to move it to where it is most appropriate. I have recently had a new bathroom fitted and amongst everything else I've had 2 towel rads fitted. They are plumbed in but also have summer elements fitted...
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    heated towel rail.

    i have an old edwardian antique towel rail that i plan to use in the bathroom. it is made from copper , looks to be 1 .5 inch pipe with brass T's throughout. can i just plumb this in like a radiator or is it not that simple? it has an ordinary valve and lockshield.
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    earth bonding of new towel radiator

    hi all just wanted a bit of advice, bought a new towel rail for my bathroom, got to have new valves, and move pipe work a bit wich isnt the problem. but what im wondering is does this have to earth bonded,towel rail or pipe work below, there is no earth connected to current rad. answers on...
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  11. M

    Big problem!!!!

    After my recent threads on the horrondous plumbing ive have carried out in theprocess of having an extension done with the plumber who i hasten to add stll hasnt shown me how he arrives at nearly double the original price given. Anyway the big prob ive got now is the newly installed toilet...
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    Bill problem

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    central heating dilemma

    hello everyone new to forum and have query regarding my central heating setup. basically one vaillant turbomax 242 in kitchen. 22mm c.h pipes up to bathroom above and a few feet along. 10mm copper pipes directly joined to this for all rads in house. 10mm pipe to towel rad then progresses 12 feet...
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    another overflow !

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    Help - heated towel rail issue

    Please could someone help me? I have had a heated towel rail fitted in my bathroom for 15 months. It is a flat within a 1930's block so the towel rail has been fitted within the set up of the building and is part of the hot water system - in other words, hot water flows through it...
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  16. M

    Dodgy plumbing?

    In my previous posts ive said ive had no confidence in the plumbing over the last 3 months of having the house extended now tonight is the first night we are back in the bedroom after 3 months of dossing in the kitchen, tonight i discover that the heated towel rail is heated at all tried to...
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    Open fire back boiler

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    Compact Heated Towel Rail

    Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me. I am trying to source a dual fuel central heating/electric towel rail for our bathroom that can provide a minimum of 1764 BTU / 517 Watts. Not a difficult thing in itself - there are loads out there, but we want to fit it below the window and that...
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    gas safe reg person needed to help

    I am submitting a quote to do the m&e for an extension to a house, kitchen enlarged, study and toliet, approx 5x8 in total. The usual chap who does the gas work for me is unable to take this on and I need to hook up with someone in the south croydon area who would be willing to help out...
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    Adding a rad on simple gravity system

    We have a Rayburn Regent on the ground floor with a simple flow and return heating (directly) our DHW cylinder on the first floor. Thinking of adding a towel rail as a heat sink in the first floor bathroom. According to the instructions on this model a rad as a heatsink can be added, but the...
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