Install the towel warmer - work steps and tips guide

When repairing the bathroom, often need to replace or install a heated towel rail.This can be done with their own hands or use the services of professionals.But even in the latter case, the knowledge of this issue would be useful to monitor the correctness of all the work.

Where are connecting

When installing towel warmer connection possible:

• to the heating system;
• to the hot water system.

The most preferred is the second option, since heating is not often up to six months, and breaks with hot water are rare.Yes, and the procedure for connecting to the heating system is much more difficult because it will require its overlap on that to get permission during the heating season is not possible due to the creation of prerequisites for accidents due to freezing.

Connectivity

First of all, you want to choose the method of connection, which is available in your apartment.For most Soviet-built homes are characterized by heated towel rails in the form of a zigzag tube.If replacement is necessary to find a model where the connection is made from the bottom and the diameter of which corresponds to the information available to you.

If the water pipe is recessed into the wall, and are limited to its conclusions, then you fit the model, which has a lateral connection.It is worth noting that their installation more complicated, but they look much better.

operations performed when installing water towel warmer

classic sequence of work includes the following steps:

• removing old towel warmer;
• installation crane;
• new installation;
• check the quality of work performed.

duration of the full range of work no more than a few hours.

now look at each of these steps individually.

Removing old towel warmer

During this phase, you must do the following:

• Turning to the housing office, you need to ensure the overlap of water in the riser, which is dismantling the old and installing a new heated towel rail.
• the presence of threaded connections to dismantle the old device.
• If a heated towel rail is welded to the pipe or thread become attached, it cut off grinder.In this portion of the pipe must be sufficient for threading.

Installation cranes

First of all, you need to fix an existing thread or chop it in the case where the old towel rack was cut.Next, the installation itself of the cranes that are required to adjust the operation of the device, as well as water in the case of overlapping repair.

Installation of the new towel warmer

Choose straight or angled fittings that depends on the type of connection towel warmer.Seal all threaded connections made via reeling from flax.If the tapered threaded connections, use a tape FUM.Then it is necessary to connect the towel dryer to the fittings and tighten the attachment so as not to damage or rip the threads.

On the wall is mounted with clamps or telescopic holders.In the process of fixing it is necessary to observe the correct distance from the axis of the tube towel warmer to the wall surface:

• When pipe diameter up to 23 mm, this distance must be at least 35 mm;
• When the pipe diameter from 40 to 50 mm in length must be at least 50 mm.

Quality control of work performed

open the tap, make a trial run to check the installation for leaks.The device can be used if there are no leaks.

Connect Electric Towel

In that case, if you decide to use an electric heated towel rail, it must be grounded, and its connection must be made through a circuit breaker (RCD).

If the socket connection is in the bathroom, her body must be waterproof.