Loft bathroom towel radiator problem

[amantadine]

Evening! We have had an ensuite bathroom fitted today and the installers have installed the towel radiator in such a way that it has damaged and is resting against the sloping ceiling (loft conversion). I don't think this is an acceptable way to have installed the radiator but I am being told this isn't a problem. Would be very grateful for thoughts/advice please!

 

[denso13]

Shouldn't be touching the ceiling, unacceptable.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Post a picture so that we can see the whole room/radiator.

Andy

 

[amantadine]

I will post as soon as I can - currently no electricity up there at the moment

 

[Murdochcat]

Don’t pay the bill

 

[foxhole]

Bodge , simple to move so insist .

 

[accelerator]

It is just common sense that a radiator should not be rammed up against the ceiling.

 

[accelerator]

Whoever you have employed has a very low standard of workmanship.

 

[amantadine]

Thank you for the responses, very helpful. I completely agree that common sense would suggest this is wrong but is anyone aware of any specific regs/rules that would prohibit this? The bathroom was fitted by a team who were sub-contracted by a loft conversion company (who have seemingly done an excellent job elsewhere), not someone I hired specifically

 

[denso13]

wrong but is anyone aware of any specific regs/rules that would prohibit this?

None that cover this, just common sense.

 

[foxhole]

We are of course assuming that you purchased a towel rad of the correct dimension to fit the available space.?

 

[amantadine]

We purchased the towel radiator with specs given to us by the bathroom fitter. Their response was the ceiling came "lower than we anticipated". They have adjusted things slightly on the bracket so that there is no more contact with the ceiling but still I feel this is rather poor.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Holy Crap that's shocking, they must have no pride whatsoever, common sense aside you could refer to them to the Building Regs Regulation 7 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cf8d74fe5274a5f115e8778/AD_Regulation_7.pdf page 7 etc also the wall cannot be maintained and may discolour etc in such close proximity to heat, you may also find some minimum clearance dimensions in the radiator instructions. I looked through Part L as I thought there used to be a distance quoted in there but can't see it. I'd have thought somewhere in the depths of the British Standards there may be a minimum distance but this is the plumbing industry we're talking about here so who knows! Better off posting in the plumbing section.

 

[denso13]

Their response was the ceiling came "lower than we anticipated"

That is their problem then, but as it is tiled there isn't an awful lot you can do about it now. Still too close to the ceiling but if it isn't touching it isn't the end of the world.

The only two options are dropping the rail and pipework which will be disruptive or getting a smaller one.

 

[Murdochcat]

Needs to be moved down AND to the right slightly. At the installers cost - not yours