How to Install a Towel Warmer | This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024
- This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey installs a combination towel warmer/radiator. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey explains how to install a towel warmer.
Time: 4 to 6 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Hard. Requires advanced plumbing skills
Shopping List for How to Install a Towel Warmer:
hydronic towel warmer
chrome nipples with shut-off valves
_-inch copper pipe and assorted fittings
lead-free solder
flux
emery cloth
flame-resistant cloth, used to protect surfaces from propane torch flame
toggle bolts or screws, used for attaching hanger bases to wall
drywall screws, used to reattach plywood subfloor
Tools for How to Install a Towel Warmer:
reciprocating saw, used to cut pipes and saw through plywood subfloor
drill/driver
adjustable wrench
Adjustable wrench
hammer drill, used to bore through tiled wall
propane torch, used for soldering copper pipe
screwdriver
pliers
Steps:
1. Drain hot-water heating system; turn off water supply to the old radiator.
2. Use reciprocating saw to cut hot-water supply and return lines from old radiator; remove radiator.
3. Cut open floor for relocating new hot-water supply and return lines.
4. Hold towel warmer against wall and mark its location.
5. Cut and dry-assemble copper pipe and fittings to extend the hot-water supply and return lines to new locations.
6. Solder together the copper pipe and fittings.
7. Sweat a threaded copper adapter onto the end of each hot-water line.
8. Replace the plywood subfloor.
9. Thread chrome nipple with shut-off valve into each copper adapter; tighten with adjustable wrench.
10. Mark the positions of the hanger bases on the wall.
11. Use toggle bolts-or wood screws if you hit studs-to attach the bases to the wall.
12. Attach the towel warmer to the hanger bases.
13. Use adjustable wrench and pliers to connect the chrome shut-off valves to bottom of towel warmer.
14. Turn on water and check for leaks.
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How to Install a Towel Warmer | This Old House
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Cool tip about the cardboard cushion behind the pipe clips.
Silver pipes looked crooked at end
that was my thought as well
He should have fitted the unit first,to get the copper piping straight then wall mount it!
He should have attached both unions.. then level the unit, then mark the wall. Then take it out and drill.
@DasCayman, I think they’re chrome.
Ignore all the horrible comments. Great work and your a great plumber. Well done.
Drilling into tile without safety glasses. Don't let Norm Abram catch you doing this.
question I have, is if the loop is a 180 temp loop, would that still work on those? I would think it would be too hot.
Fit a T.R.V
That vinyl floor contains 15% chrysotile asbestos in the friable, fibrous backing. It is the same one we had in my house and we put plywood over it before renovating the bathroom.
Funny you say that. As he was cutting it I thought exactly that. Always assume the worse. It's never worth it to make a couple bucks or to make the client happy. Have it tested and then see how badly they want a towel warmer
@2:43: Center?
I have often thought one could do this with electric but to save energy you'd connect it to the bathroom light switch.. or better yet... the light that might be in your shower area. Basically you flip the switch, get ready for a shower, and by the time you finish (10 - 15 minutes later) the towel is warm. To go the next level, add recirculating hot water pump to the same circuit and there's no need to run the water till it's warm.... but the pump only runs when you flip the light on for a shower. IOW, both a time and energy saver plus a water saver!
Actually, in USSR all apartment bathroom heating systems were connected in such a way that the hot water stack for taps that went to all apartments above from the ground, was also connected with the loop of every apartment's bathroom towel warmer. There was a circulation pump that drawn water from the hot water pipe that went into the basement and tee'ed to the hot water for taps stack and the same water that went to taps also heated towel warmers. This was more efficient than running a whole separate heating loop trough every bathroom. It also saved money, because water that came from the city to use on taps was already too hot and could scald people so it cooled a bit by circulating trough bathrooms towel warmers in every apartment.
very nice craftsmanship
I want to do this, but without destroying the original 75-yr-old tile floor. Is that possible?
Modify it from below? Open up the ceiling space in the floor below to access the pipes that way. This video looks to be in a bathroom on the second floor. If they’re going to re-tile anyways they decided to cut open the subfloor instead of opening the ceiling downstairs.
Does Tommy know you have his drill. Lol
Excuse me I have a cuestion an the and you don't need let go the pressure or something else or you just open the water ?
Angelica Barbosa are you talking about the air in the line? If is that somewhere in the return must have a bleeder valve or something to let the air out or just open a tab and let the ir out.
is it possible to install one of these with the hot water tap from the bathroom sink?
punchy001 no, unless you want a crazy high water bill you need a boiler or an electric one
punchy001 no it is not possible ,for a number of reasons
Get an electric one , but only if you're ready for the higher bill.
If your goal is just to have warm towels when you get out of a bath or shower it is possible to hook it up to the hot water supply for the shower. But obviously it would only work while you're running the hot water so you couldn't use it as your heating system.
These don't operate off hot tap water. It needs to come from a boiler
Gotta be a millionaire before I decide to get this lol
They are not so expensive. My parents got one in their bathroom, I don't have one because it doesn't fit. For the good ones you pay between 150 and 200 Euros (170 to 225 USD) without installation. And these ones are larger, the one shown here is actually a small one.
You know once you have one it's hard to go back to not having it.
Richard, you are telling the world and home owners on the tv shows - not to use the water pliers to scratch or mar the surfaces of chrome; so why are you using the plier to hold the chrome nipples.
Because they're roughed up on the sides, no shiny polished chrome plating for protection against corrosion. This is designed to do so...
It is dumb to connect a towel warmer to the hot water Central heating system because in the summer and spring The homeowner cannot use or benefit the towel drying action because the heating system will be switched off. The reason for the towel warmer is to keep humidity out of the bathroom, mold and mildew you out, and reuse the towels & bathrobes more often therefore reducing on laundry loads.. It is much smarter to install an electric towel warmer because you can put it wherever you like and are not dictated by the plumbing. It is as easy to install as you would a wall light sconce and you can even have a digital heat controller and a timer if so wished.. If you go to Amba Products there are many sizes and different qualities to choose from. Even though they also can do these kind of hydronic radiators they suggest to go electric so the end-user is much happier. Notice in this video that the unit is way too close to the wall you can hardly put any towels in there.
Fit a dual fuel best of both worlds, common practice in UK, electricity is expensive
You know those old heaters you can isolate which one you want on you can just shut all of the other heaters in the house and leave the towel heater on. And that towel warmer was at least 2 or 3 inches away from the wall. How much room do you need that is plenty. He was installing spacers for the rack to keep it away from the wall at 3:20
@@PlayingwithPawz exactly my thoughts, isolate the bathroom and bam year round towel warmer. If they have a boiler for heat chances are it will be running year round to heat the potable hot water anyway.
Nice job done Sir, I want to work for you 👍😜
I don't like using channel locks or pliers on exposed fittings, You might cause deep groves in the pipe and it would look shitty, Use a wrench or another adjustable wrench
Towel warmer... aka throw in the dryer before your shower
Hammer action drilling through tiles 😂😂😂 cowboy
Leak test was not done. Possibly water leak on copper lines?????
4 minute video clip, do you think it's possible they did the pressure check of camera? I do.
Am I watching an episode of Pop Up Video on MTV?
I'd probably break a tile if I tried to hammer drill it.
looks like crap
You get to realize how sybarite humans are, heated towels..
people actually want towel warmers? first i've ever heard fo them
What planet do you live on
One more pointless thing to buy next will be a shower you don’t get wet in. 🤦♂️
I know right