Re: Bathroom Towel Rail Sizing and control

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I kept the rad in bathroom because the towel rail wouldn't be enough on
it's
own - Victorian house :-)

The reason for not having thermostatic valves on all the rads is so there
is
always somewhere for the water to go when the pump is running - usually
it's
the bathroom rad is chosen because no-one seems to mind that room being on
the warm side.

Mal



----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Dilley" <clive.dilley@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bathroom Towel Rail Sizing and control


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> Hi Simon - I can't remember the "rules" I used to install my
bathroom
towel
> rad, but it was certainly a higher value BTU than the small rad I
replaced.
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> I just used a regular valve for it (although I have got therm. valves
on
all
> the other rads) the reason is that I seem to recall reading that it is
best
> to have atleast one "normal" valve in a gravity-fed hot
water system - I
> can't remember why.
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> The other reason is that they are not that hot ... by the time you
have
damp
> towels on them, not that much heat goes into the room itself. In fact
I
have
> seen examples of people having both a heated towel rail and a normal
rad
in
> a bathroom. They are after-all, designed to warm towels (and look
good)
and
> not that efficient at heating the surrounding room in my view.
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> I use a underfloor heating system (controlled by HV and linked to my
early
> morning wake-up call routine)  to supplement the heated towel rail
(mine
is
> 450mm x 120mm)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Ryley" <simon.ryley@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:36 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Bathroom Towel Rail Sizing and control
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> > Slightly off topic this one, but it does have relevance.
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> > I am about to buy a new towel rail for the bathroom in the flat. 
To
> > give the most towel hanging / warming space, I am looking at a
1720 *
> > 600mm monster.  However, I'm concerned that the heat output will
be too
> > much and the room will end up being way to warm.  Being a
bathroom the
> > door is mainly shut, so the heating system thermostat in the hall
won't
> > be aware of the high temp in the bathroom.  Does anyone know if
the
> > standard rules for sizing rads to rooms also work for heated
towel
rails?
> >
> > A solution may be to have a temperature control of the rad using
some
> > kind of automated valve.  The flow to the valve could be kept at
a
> > sensible level when the room isn't being used, but boosted after
a
> > shower to help dry the room and the towels out...
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> > Anyone else have a similar system to this?
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