Installing a new heated towel rail
You can find the technical requirements for installing a heated towel rail in SP 30.13330.2012 (this is an updated SNiP 2-04-01-85). Popular connection schemes In order not to expose the wall and pipe to loads due to temperature deformations, the installation of a water heated towel rail should be carried out on hanging brackets, and not on a rigid mount. The mount for the heated towel rail must be at the same level so that the coil is fixed evenly, otherwise it may be torn off by pressure.
The serpentine must be 35 mm from the wall if its diameter is less than 23 mm, and set back by 50 mm if its diameter is greater than 23 mm. It is also not recommended to mount it further than 2 meters from the riser.
After completion of work, check all connections for leaks. They must be absolutely dry.
Tow can be used to seal the threads of steel or copper pipes. It is forbidden to use it for polypropylene: for this there is a fum tape, a tangit unilok thread. There are also special adhesive-sealants, but their use will not allow you to disassemble the connection anymore.
In the video you can see how the installation of a heated towel rail in the bathroom with your own hands:
Best Answers
Chairman:
According to current regulations, the heated towel rail is part of the ENTIRE heating system: it cannot be turned off. Therefore, it belongs to the risers and is included in the common property, ANY repair of which is paid monthly. Therefore, replacing it is the work itself, FREE! If the impudent one insists, then put your hands on your feet and go to the housing office, where you DEMAND official prices for THIS work: they will not be able to show them ...
Papa Bear:
did you change it before? If not, and only the housing office changed everything, then everything is free, but they will put a bad pipe, it’s not a fact that it’s not full of holes, so buy it yourself and stomp the right to download the rights to the housing office.
Zverskaya:
and you call the housing and communal services .... I would definitely have called, these ZhEKs have become quite insolent ....
GOOD ! ( sometimes):
Smolensk-3000r.
Svetlana:
I'm doing this kind of work right now. They said no more than $10. while the welding work is going on. bought the coil. stainless steel
vve-67@mail :
I would advise you to install an electric heated towel rail. It costs more, but it is much more convenient to use. It consumes about 60 W (like a light bulb) + is always hot and does not depend on the temperature of the hot water supply. Another plus is that it is not tied to the system, it can be installed anywhere. The main thing is to install an electrical outlet for it.
During the planned shutdown of hot water, it will work, which is important for a bathroom where there is high humidity.
Expert answers
Firefly:
Finally, an announcement is posted at the entrance that from 10-00 to 13-00 (for example) there will be a shutdown of hot water. But only a locksmith from the housing office should turn it off
Svetlana:
the heated towel rail must be changed when the heating is turned off) If the heating is turned on .. then you will have to pay for turning it off for a while while you are being changed .... and people this time will be without heat
Marina:
Can. Usually, repair work begins after the filing of the mountains. water. You just turn off the riser and do it. Maybe they will turn off the whole house, but it's not for long
Vladimir Vasilchenko:
Can! The towel is tied to the supply of hot water and not to heating!
b a z i l i o:
replace the towel - do not think of changing the coil in the bathroom. It's too late - you will flood the neighbors.
Devin Dmitry:
If it is not powered by heating, then it is possible, but if it is powered, then you will have to turn off the water in the basement.
Neighbor Cat:
Difficult, but it is better to hang it on the hot water riser, so that in the summer you can also dry
Dmitry Kostalev:
It’s the first time I’ve heard that the towel was powered by heating, it stands either on the DHW riser or on the return line! Nowadays, everything is possible, most importantly, you can pay money to the manager and from 10-00 to 17-00 everything is in your hands, regardless of the season!
Sergey Dmitriev:
A towel stands in new houses for hot water supply, and in the old fund - for heating. Everything can be replaced. Just write an application to the housing office, a locksmith comes, changes you, and his services are paid. Nothing is impossible in this world.
Petrova:
To change the heated towel rail, no matter who does it - you, a mechanic from the housing office, or a hired foreman, you need to turn off the hot water in your riser. Clever ZhEKs made access to the valves through themselves, so you will have to contact them to turn off the water, and even pay for it (for turning off, about 500 rubles), this is not practiced everywhere, but there is
If you yourself can go to the basement and turn off your riser, then do it. Replacing a heated towel rail is not tricky for a knowledgeable person. In some old houses, heated towel rails are connected to heating. See what you have.
Alexander Alexandrov:
I understand the coil is a heated towel rail? so it is scientifically called)))) ) the easiest and most acceptable way to negotiate directly with the lords of shit and steam (plumbers) .... with a certain monetary incentive, they will redraw the system and change the dryer ....)))))))
Uncle from the Future...
And what about you, on heating? . Usually they put it on HW (hot water) ... Although yes, it also happens for heating ... At temperatures below -15 it is impossible, but up to this temperature everything is possible. . They just want to take more money from you...
Neighbor Cat:
They refused because they want money. For money, the heating will be turned off at once for the time of replacement
Irima:
I understand that your apartment is your property, p. replacement of the heated towel rail is possible, but only at your expense. Now, if you had a leaked common riser between floors, then even then they eliminated the leak for you (brewed, put on a clamp ..) for free. And a new riser in your apartment would be put up for your money. Calmly approach the locksmith who maintains your home and ask for a replacement for cash. I assure you, he will not refuse you :))
Vyacheslav:
BUBBLE SOLVES EVERYTHING .... any whim for your money.
-=GrEmLiN=-:
go to the housing office and write an application, and if they refuse to accept the application, then let them give a written refusal. They have no right to refuse you such a service, but not for free, but they must turn off the riser.
Truculentus:
They just want money. The procedure is simple, the same as for repairs of the heating system in the event of an accident, which just happen during the heating season. Block the riser, drain the water and you can change anything. The only thing that may be required is to complete the replacement as soon as possible.
