Dual fuel towel rail

[Tim Lamb]

Any experience?

Screwfix offer a raft of towel rails, some of which claim dual fuel function.

With wet underfloor heating there is a plan to use electric towel rails (timer controlled). Tempting to route the floor heating return pipe through a modest sized rail and save the electricity during the winter months.

[ARW]

Why not put the towel rads on their own zone?

[Tim Lamb]

Hmm.. Lots of extra piping as two rads are at the ends of the house. Might need to steal a manifold outlet as the system is ordered. Hmm..

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[tabbypurr]

I've never found a need for one. If towels aren't dry by next day they're folded up too much or excessively wetted, either of which is trivial to avoid.

NT

[Tim+]

Wouldn't it be better to put it on the flow side rather than the return? It'll be a very tepid radiator otherwise I would have thought.

Tim

[Tim Lamb]

You don't share a bathroom with a wife?:-)

[Tim Lamb]

I don't know the expected return temperature. There can't be much drop across the circuits as the layouts are not spiral and the simple zig/zag would lead to a noticeable differential across the rooms.

I am beginning to think this is a step too far. Our current set up is for the boiler to bypass through the bathroom radiators so we are a bit spoiled.

[tabbypurr]

It's not something we've ever found a challenge, it's trivial after all.

NT