As bought towel rails are so expensive, I'd quite like to make one. Is it as simple as soldering together some pipes and end feed fittings and getting the whole thing chromed? How much would it cost to get it chrome plated? How clean does it need to be? Does all excess solder have to be removed to get a clean covering? Are there issues with trying to balance the flow through the various pipes? What can be done about having a concealed bleed valve at the top?
I was thinking of a standard ladder design in 15mm copper pipe. It will probably be quite tall, with several sections of closely spaced pipes separated by gaps to slot the towels through.
i.e.
+------+ #------# #------# | | #------# #------# #------# | | #------# #------# #------# | |# = end feed T
- = end feed elbow
Christian.