towel rail.. I thought...
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ln1234 said:
Why would you want your hot water and towel radiator to mix? Unless you don't mind taking showers with rusty hot water!
Think I'd want to give a good kicking to any plumber who set that up. It should have been incorporated in the hot water primary circuit which circulates between the tank and the boiler, not the indirectly heated water which comes out of the taps. Sticking it in the radiator circuit is more usual because of our long hot summers....... 
I have EXACTLY the same problem when I had my heating re-done and towl rails put in and was furious, but it would have meant laying secondary pipes through the whole house to have them on with the hot water - which is obviously what you want so that towels can dry.
As someone else said you can get electric element instered into the towel rail that work off an independant timer, but it's very annoying.
I guess the only solution for summer would be to turn all the radiators off at the valve and then have the heating and hot water always on at the same time, with the thermostat set very high. Less of a problem in winter anyway.
As someone else said you can get electric element instered into the towel rail that work off an independant timer, but it's very annoying.
I guess the only solution for summer would be to turn all the radiators off at the valve and then have the heating and hot water always on at the same time, with the thermostat set very high. Less of a problem in winter anyway.
ln1234 said:
Why would you want your hot water and towel radiator to mix? Unless you don't mind taking showers with rusty hot water!
If you are so way inclined, most towel radiators have an option of an electric thermostat, which can be used for the summer months to heat the towel rail.
Surely only one lot of hot water goes through the actual boiler bit, so if you pipe that through the towel rad it will heat whenever anything is being heated?If you are so way inclined, most towel radiators have an option of an electric thermostat, which can be used for the summer months to heat the towel rail.
King Herald said:
ln1234 said:
Why would you want your hot water and towel radiator to mix? Unless you don't mind taking showers with rusty hot water!
If you are so way inclined, most towel radiators have an option of an electric thermostat, which can be used for the summer months to heat the towel rail.
Surely only one lot of hot water goes through the actual boiler bit, so if you pipe that through the towel rad it will heat whenever anything is being heated?If you are so way inclined, most towel radiators have an option of an electric thermostat, which can be used for the summer months to heat the towel rail.
Simpo Two said:
Bah, we didn't buld an Empire by having nancyboy hot towels you know!
Exactly.I've got one, I don't use it, it doesn't even make the towel luke warm, what's the point in a warm towel anyway? For people who are too lazy to vigourously rub.
I went somewhere recently where they had a 'body dryer' WTF is that about?
Gretchen said:
Simpo Two said:
Bah, we didn't buld an Empire by having nancyboy hot towels you know!
Exactly.I've got one, I don't use it, it doesn't even make the towel luke warm, what's the point in a warm towel anyway? For people who are too lazy to vigourously rub.
I went somewhere recently where they had a 'body dryer' WTF is that about?
JRM said:
Gretchen said:
Simpo Two said:
Bah, we didn't buld an Empire by having nancyboy hot towels you know!
Exactly.I've got one, I don't use it, it doesn't even make the towel luke warm, what's the point in a warm towel anyway? For people who are too lazy to vigourously rub.
I went somewhere recently where they had a 'body dryer' WTF is that about?
It used to work that way with older systems with gravity hot water I believe.
I recently changed mine to a combi-boiler, so in the same boat as you..
But I got a new bathroom rad with an additional electric element / timer, to heat it for a while to dry towels & all that, when heating is off.
I recently changed mine to a combi-boiler, so in the same boat as you..
But I got a new bathroom rad with an additional electric element / timer, to heat it for a while to dry towels & all that, when heating is off.
Gretchen said:
JRM said:
Gretchen said:
Simpo Two said:
Bah, we didn't buld an Empire by having nancyboy hot towels you know!
Exactly.I've got one, I don't use it, it doesn't even make the towel luke warm, what's the point in a warm towel anyway? For people who are too lazy to vigourously rub.
I went somewhere recently where they had a 'body dryer' WTF is that about?
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