Bathroom radiator on hot water circuit (combi system)

[Andy Plumber]

Hi. Working on a 3 bedroom house and looking for some advice...

Went to view a job yesterday that needs 6 rads installing and system re-piping. Came across a bathroom radiator that was heated by the hot water circuit.

It's a combi system and they have teed of the HW circuit to feed the rad. Never seen this before and doesn't seem right.

Customer likes the idea of a heated bathroom rad all year round but was just wondering if that's all legit?

Have discovered pipes bent directly into the rad valves so this guy obviously wasn't in the Premier League of Plumbers...

 

[SimonG]

Do you mean it's teed off the actual hot water for the taps or back to the combi?

 

[jam1979]

re pipe it back to the heating system

 

[BLOD]

If it's been done on purpose it should really be a a stainless steel rad to stop rusty water coming out of the taps.

 

[plumber0808]

Is it on a S plan with the towel rail fitted on the hot water side? Or maybe its a conventional boiler.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

just do usual conversion on pipe work and it will be ok , unless you can see where has been T from

 

[kozak1968]

Best to re - pipe up to heating circuit and use a duel fuel element in the towel rail.