If you want to know how to install a heated towel rail then this is something that you can do without the help of a professional, but you must ensure the process is carried out properly, particularly where any plumbing connections are required.
Before you start looking at how to install a heated rail you need to decree what kind of rail you intend to fit. An galvanic rail will need to be fixed to the wall but is not plumbed into the central heating system, whereas a quarterly heated towel rail is.
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How to install a heated towel rail - electric
If you are installing an galvanic rail then you will need to follow any easy steps: insert and screw in the element and blanking plug (using tape to ensure joints are watertight); manually fill with water; insert and screw in the bleed valve; mount the towel rail on the wall; associate the galvanic element to the mains.
How to install a heated towel rail - central heating connected
It is a much more complex process to install a central heating connected rail. If you are replacing a radiator with the towel rail then it is a good idea to try and find a towel rail that is the same size as the existing radiator. This will mean that the valves of the new towel rail are the same length apart as the valves of the old radiator, which makes the process much easier.
Drain the central heating system
You will need to drain your central heating system before you can begin the towel rail installation. Switch off the boiler and the fuel supply and leave for any hours until the system is cold then find the expansion tank and cut off the water supply by tying up the float arm or conclusion the gate valve. You can use a garden hose to channel the water from the system face - fit it over the drain cock (located on the boiler's return pipe) and take the other end to an external drain pipe. Using a spanner or allen key, open the drain cock and wait until the system has entirely drained.
Remove the old radiator/towel rail
The next step in how to install a heated towel rail is to take off the old radiator (if there is one). Before you do, draw colse to it lightly with a pencil so that you know where it sat. Disconnect the old radiator and take off it from the wall in its entirety, along with the valves. Clean and cap the pipes and then take off the old radiator's brackets.
Altering pipe work
If you have not chosen a rail that is the same size as the old radiator then the process of how to install a heated rail becomes a dinky more complex as you will need to adapt the existing pipe work to the new rail. First of all, lift up the floorboards to get to the old pipe work underneath. Then mark the positions on the wall where the feed and return pipe tails for the new rail will need to be and chase into the wall to accommodate the new pipes. You can associate the new pipe work to the old pipe work with compression or capillary fittings and add a combine of elbow joints as the pipes will need to go into the wall and come out supplementary up to associate with the rail. After you have installed the new pipes, you will need to restore the flooring and skirting boards and make good the wall.
Install the heated rail
Now you are ready to install the rail itself. It is a good idea to leave the plastic coating on the towel rail until it is in place to avoid scratching it too much. If you have an old radiator that you have taken off the wall then take off the valve adaptors and the bleed valve and attach them to the new heated towel rail. You will need a spanner and bleed key in order to be able to do this. Use a spirit level to ensure that marks you make on the wall for the towel rail's brackets are straight. Once the brackets are up on the wall then you can fix the heated rail to them. associate the supply and return pipes and cover the towel rail's fixings. You will now need to refill your central heating system by conclusion the drain clock and restoring the water supply.
Not many population know how to install a heated towel rail, which can make it seem like a daunting task. It does not help that there can be plumbing issues complex if you do not opt for an galvanic one, but as is demonstrated above, it is not impossible to carry out a task like this as long as you take it one step at a time.
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