Towel Rail plumbed into HW system

[a1topdog]

I just had a new bathroom installed and bought towel rails big enough to heat the room (no rads fitted in the room).

I have now discovered the pumber has connected the towel rails to the hot water system , not the central heating system.

Is this correct?? - Its not much use to me as I don't want to keep the hot water switched on just to heat the bathroom.

 

[kevplumb]

1 the towel rail aint big enough to heat the room (unless its tiny)

2 was the way it was done years ago as a heat leak to stop the cylinder boiling

if its not what you want get him back

 

[nstreet]

2 was the way it was done years ago as a heat leak to stop the cylinder boiling

It does mean that the towels are dried in the summer when the CH is switched off though.

 

[doitall]

Assuming you mean the hot water primary pipes and not the tap water, then yes that is the standard way for connecting towel rails unless otherwise requested

 

[a1topdog]

1 the towel rail aint big enough to heat the room (unless its tiny)

So 3500 btu's isn't enough to heat a 2.5m x 2.5m bathroom?

 

[nstreet]

1 the towel rail aint big enough to heat the room (unless its tiny)

So 3500 btu's isn't enough to heat a 2.5m x 2.5m bathroom?

That depends upon the construction of the room, widow sizes and types etc. Also dont forget that it is a towel radiator so most of the heat will be absorbed by the towels and not used to heat the room.

 

[a1topdog]

Assuming you mean the hot water primary pipes and not the tap water, then yes that is the standard way for connecting towel rails unless otherwise requested

I have an unvented system. I have just spoken to the plumber and he has advised me that the towel rails are plumbed in off the primary flow / return , so they get hot every time the boiler fires - weather it is for the central heating or the hot water. I have yet to test this by turning off the hotwater but keeping the central heating switched on.

 

[Diyisfun]

As an interested party...So in the summer when the towels would dry naturally the bathroom is being heated when not required & I assume that you have no control of the temp. in the bathroom ever. Seems daft to me.

 

[ollski]

As an interested party...So in the summer when the towels would dry naturally the bathroom is being heated when not required & I assume that you have no control of the temp. in the bathroom ever. Seems daft to me.

Could always shut the rad valve off or fit a trv. Its only a loop off the main flow and circulators.

 

[Diyisfun]

Ta for that, I hadnt realised it was ONLY a loop, I thought it was the main circuit. #
Wish I had done mine like that.
Although I have the towel rail as the only rad without a t/stat.