Radiator on when heating is off - interesting...
- Thread starter Dackers
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Two main reasons:
1) It may have been designed and built this way. All the best installations have a bathroom rad that is fed prior to the 3-port valve so that your bathroom and towels are warm and dry even when the heating is off
2) accidental gravity feed that often happens on upstairs radiators, perhaps the valve is not sealing tightly. You can replace it if you like.
In either case, you would benefit from a thermostatic radiator valve so that you do not waste money heating the towel rail/bathroom on hot days.
Two main reasons:
1) It may have been designed and built this way. All the best installations have a bathroom rad that is fed prior to the 3-port valve so that your bathroom and towels are warm and dry even when the heating is off
2) accidental gravity feed that often happens on upstairs radiators, perhaps the valve is not sealing tightly. You can replace it if you like.
In either case, you would benefit from a thermostatic radiator valve so that you do not waste money heating the towel rail/bathroom on hot days.
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