In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Trade Plumbing wrote:

On Nov 20, 5:12 pm, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I was wondering whether to put the bathroom rads on a separate CH
zone, rather than connecting them to the upstairs zone. I'm thinking
this way I could heat the towels in the summer without heating the
bedrooms.

Is this a good idea? If so, how would I control the 2 port-valve?
Normally I would use a thermostat but can you use thermostats in a
bathroom? I'm thinking not because of (i) electrical requirements
(unless outside zone 2 or wireless) and (ii) wouldn't the humidity be
an issue?

Would you just run the circuit off a timer? Could I use TRVs or would
TRVs switch off the rad when the room was warm but before the towels
were warm?

Thanks,
Stephen.

Hi there Stephen

I was wondering if you had considered the Dual Fuel option? It would
be far simpler for you than trying to reconfigure the way your heating
works. Most people want to shut their central heating off completely
during the summer, as it's inefficient to keep it running, just for
one radiator in your home.

I recommend that you consider one of the central-heated towel rails,
with an electric element so that you can use the bathroom radiator
during the summer months. Most of our central heated towel rails can
be converted to Dual Fuel with a kit that we can send out. Here is an
example of the kind of thing we mean:
http://www.tradeplumbing.co.uk/1200m..._727-3852.html.

Hope this helps

That's ok if you happen to like towel rads rather than *proper* rads - but
bear in mind that, size for size, they only produce a fraction of the heat
output of the real thing.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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