Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your help!
The house I have moved into has no radiator in the bathroom (bbrrrrrrrr!) so I want to fit a heated towel rail, one of the nice chrome ones (like everyone else has - hey, I'm just one of the masses.........)
However, there has been pipework run to the bathroom - coming out the wall with approx 550mm between the 2 pipes. The questions I have are as follows:
1) Does it matter what width HTR I go for, or should I just alter the pipework to fit? Most HTRs seem to be either 500 or 600mm.
2) I believe most HTRs have tappings(?) that run up vertically into the bottom of them - is using straight rad valves the easiest way to go (if I can sort the pipework before the valve) as opposed to fitting angled rad valves? (please excuse my ignorance if i'm mixing my metaphors)
3) Some things I've read in my research before doing it have indicated that you shouldn't put a TRV on a bathroom radiator - is this so, or is it a matter of preference.
4) HTR size - I believe the output is below that of a standard radiator - am I best going for one that has space for towels and will still leave some room for actually heating the room? It's only a small bathroom, but it'd be nice to be warm when you get out the shower for a change......
Just so you know, it's a 3 bed semi- with 7 rads on the system currently, an 8-month old Vailliant Ecotec condensing combi, and no TRV on the hall radiator where the thermostat is (TRVs on all other rads currently fitted).
Thanks again for your help.
Andrew
The house I have moved into has no radiator in the bathroom (bbrrrrrrrr!) so I want to fit a heated towel rail, one of the nice chrome ones (like everyone else has - hey, I'm just one of the masses.........)
However, there has been pipework run to the bathroom - coming out the wall with approx 550mm between the 2 pipes. The questions I have are as follows:
1) Does it matter what width HTR I go for, or should I just alter the pipework to fit? Most HTRs seem to be either 500 or 600mm.
2) I believe most HTRs have tappings(?) that run up vertically into the bottom of them - is using straight rad valves the easiest way to go (if I can sort the pipework before the valve) as opposed to fitting angled rad valves? (please excuse my ignorance if i'm mixing my metaphors)
3) Some things I've read in my research before doing it have indicated that you shouldn't put a TRV on a bathroom radiator - is this so, or is it a matter of preference.
4) HTR size - I believe the output is below that of a standard radiator - am I best going for one that has space for towels and will still leave some room for actually heating the room? It's only a small bathroom, but it'd be nice to be warm when you get out the shower for a change......
Just so you know, it's a 3 bed semi- with 7 rads on the system currently, an 8-month old Vailliant Ecotec condensing combi, and no TRV on the hall radiator where the thermostat is (TRVs on all other rads currently fitted).
Thanks again for your help.
Andrew
