When repairing a bathroom, it is often necessary to replace or install a heated towel rail. You can do this with your own hands or use the services of professionals. But even in the latter case, knowledge of this issue will be useful to monitor the correctness of the whole complex of works.
Where to connect
When installing a heated towel rail, the connection is possible:
- to the heating system;
- to the hot water supply system.
The second option is most preferable, since heating is not often available for up to six months, and breaks with hot water are quite rare. And the procedure for connecting to the heating system is much more difficult, since it requires overlapping, which is impossible to obtain permission during the heating season due to the creation of prerequisites for emergency situations due to freezing.
Ways of connecting
First of all, you need to choose the type of connection that is possible in your apartment. For most Soviet-built houses, towel-warmers are typical in the form of a zigzag pipe. If they are replaced, you need to find a model, the connection of which is made from below and the diameter of which corresponds to what you have.
If the water pipe is recessed into the wall, and there are only its terminals, then you will have a model with a side connection. It is worth noting that their installation is more complicated, but they look much better.
Operation when installing the
water heated towel heater The classic workflow includes the following steps:
- removing the old heated towel rail;
- installation of cranes;
- installation of a new;
- quality control of work performed.
The duration of the whole complex of works is not more than several hours.
Now consider each of these steps separately.
Removing the old heated towel rail
During this step, you must perform the following operations:
- Contacting the housing department, it is necessary to ensure that the water is closed in the riser where the old heated towel rails will be dismantled and installed.
- If there are threaded connections, disassemble the old device.
- If the towel heater is simply welded to the pipes or its thread is attached, then it is cut off by the bulgarian. In this case, there must remain a section of the pipe, sufficient for threading.
Installation of cranes
First of all, it is necessary to fix the existing thread or cut it in the case when the old heated towel rail was cut. Then, the installation of the cranes themselves, which are necessary to regulate the operation of the device, as well as to shut off the water in the event of its repair, is made.
Assembly of the new
heated towel rail. Select straight or angled fittings, depending on the type of connection of the heated towel rail. Sealing of all threaded joints is done with the help of winding from flax. If the threaded connections are tapered, then the FSM tape should be used. Then it is necessary to connect the heated towel rail to the fittings and tighten the fasteners so as not to damage or tear the thread.
The wall is fixed with clamps or telescopic holders. During fixing, it is necessary to observe the correct distance from the axis of the towel heater pipe to the wall surface:
- With pipe diameter up to 23 mm this distance must be at least 35 mm;
- With a pipe diameter of 40 to 50 mm, the distance must be at least 50 mm.
Quality control of completed work
After opening the cranes, perform a test run and check the installation for leaks. The device can be used if there are no leaks.
Connecting the
electric heated towel rail If you decide to use an electric heated towel rail, it must be grounded and connected through a protective circuit breaker( RCD).
If the connection socket is in the bathroom, then its housing must be waterproof.
