Hello,
Two years ago, I had a large electric towel radiator installed in my bathroom by a certified plumber. The chrome radiator is fastened to our (plaster) wall by 4 brackets, and is hooked up to the central heating. The radiator can therefore become warm either through the central heating or by switching only it on via the mains.
The radiator performed well for 2 years, but a short while ago we noticed that the the 2 lefthand brackets have sheared (broken) and the radiator was being held up by only the 2 right hand brackets. Neither the wall, nor the radiator itself has suffered any structural damage.
The plumber that installed the radiator says that (in his 16 years of experience) he has never seen this happen. He is of the opinion that we have hung unusually heavy objects off the left side of the radiator. This is completely untrue - unless you consider towels to be unusually heavy objects as that is all that we have hung off the radiator.
Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what caused it to happen?
Regards,
Stevechtrs
Two years ago, I had a large electric towel radiator installed in my bathroom by a certified plumber. The chrome radiator is fastened to our (plaster) wall by 4 brackets, and is hooked up to the central heating. The radiator can therefore become warm either through the central heating or by switching only it on via the mains.
The radiator performed well for 2 years, but a short while ago we noticed that the the 2 lefthand brackets have sheared (broken) and the radiator was being held up by only the 2 right hand brackets. Neither the wall, nor the radiator itself has suffered any structural damage.
The plumber that installed the radiator says that (in his 16 years of experience) he has never seen this happen. He is of the opinion that we have hung unusually heavy objects off the left side of the radiator. This is completely untrue - unless you consider towels to be unusually heavy objects as that is all that we have hung off the radiator.
Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what caused it to happen?
Regards,
Stevechtrs