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Towel Warmer

  • 19-04-2015 7:25pm
    #1
    karlitob
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    Hi all,

    We're thinking of redoing the bathroom and looking to put in a plumbed towel warmer. We rarely put the heat on upstairs - is it possible/difficult to connect the towel warmer to the hot water so when we turn on the water for a shower, the towels warm up?
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    karlitob wrote: »
    Hi all,

    We're thinking of redoing the bathroom and looking to put in a plumbed towel warmer. We rarely put the heat on upstairs - is it possible/difficult to connect the towel warmer to the hot water so when we turn on the water for a shower, the towels warm up?
    Thanks.

    If you can get 2 pipes from the Hotpress directly to the towel rad then yes this is easy to do


  • #3
    Dtp1979
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    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    If you can get 2 pipes from the Hotpress directly to the towel rad then yes this is easy to do

    I'm assuming when you say you're turning on the water for the shower that you mean your turning on the boiler to heat the cylinder


  • #4
    karlitob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭karlitob


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    I'm assuming when you say you're turning on the water for the shower that you mean your turning on the boiler to heat the cylinder

    Exactly. So when we turn on the boiler for a shower, where will the water that will heat the towel rail come from? The downstairs and upstairs radiators are a closed system aren't they?


  • #5
    Dtp1979
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    karlitob wrote: »
    Exactly. So when we turn on the boiler for a shower, where will the water that will heat the towel rail come from? The downstairs and upstairs radiators are a closed system aren't they?

    It will come from the coil in the cylinder. It's like a seperate radiator inside the cylinder that heats the water. This is what your towel rail will be linked to


  • #6
    sky6
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    It's not difficult to do but depends on the location of the Boiler, Cylinder and Bathroom. As DTP has said Generally it's two pipes from the cylinder to the Towel Rail / Rad.
    It's possible to take it off the pipework coming from the Boiler also if the Boiler is located below the Bathroom.
    And use a thermostatic valve on the Rad.


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  • #7
    Seth Brundle
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    Correct me if I'm wrong but surely this isn't practical. As it wouldn't be pumped (presumably) it would only heat up if the shower was in use i.e. the water travels through the rad on it's way to the shower.
    If it was pumped it would end up cooling down the water required for the shower therefore costing more to take a shower.
    Either way, it would be on a separate circuit to the main central heating so unless there was another rad in the bathroom, the bathroom will be quite cold in winter?

    I fitted a towel rail recently from B&Q which works on the central heating system and/or with an electrical element. Something like this might be a more suitable alternative?


  • #8
    karlitob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭karlitob


    sky6 wrote: »
    It's not difficult to do but depends on the location of the Boiler, Cylinder and Bathroom. As DTP has said Generally it's two pipes from the cylinder to the Towel Rail / Rad.
    It's possible to take it off the pipework coming from the Boiler also if the Boiler is located below the Bathroom.
    And use a thermostatic valve on the Rad.

    Ah understood - a coil from the hot water tank to the radiator and back again, heated by the hot water. Boiler under the bathroom. Hot tank in hot press next to radiator.
    thanks all.


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