The ultimate in Loft Living luxury heating

The Manhattan radiator was designed with tall,elegant apartment living in mind.  It's not always feasible to have a "wet" central heating system where you want  a radiator.  But rather than allowing the room to be too cool for comfort, there is a solution in the form of a designer radiator that can run on electricity.

The Manhattan Fifth Avenue is a sturdy construction with a high potential for heat output.  Made to take 2 Electric Heating Elements, the Five Tube, highly polished chrome design is made to fit in elegantly in any lounge, dining room or hall.

This radiator is offered with options for Thermostatic Elements, which allow you to set the maximum temperature of the radiator, making it safe to use with small children around.  There are also options to install electrical timers, so you can pre-programme your radiator to be warm by the time you get hom at the end of a long day at work.

This radiator really is more than a heating device - it's a piece of modern sculpture, which we think you'll love.

The Manhattan Fifth Avenue Electric Radiator.

Chrome Towel Radiators - The Latest Arrival from MaxtherM

Chrome towel radiators give your bathroom a modern but stylish look, and our latest arrivals are the MaxtherM chrome towel radiators.


These combine excellent value for money with solid reliability and are made to exacting specifications. We're offering free valves and shipping with each chrome towel radiator bought; in short, MaxtherM are THE towel radiators you'll want for your bathroom.

Suitable for home central heating systems running on both gas and oil, the MaxtherM range of chrome towel radiators is ideal for installation in your kitchen, cloakroom, family bathroom or en-suite bathroom and comes in both flat and curved models.

A flat chrome towel radiator is the perfect option for fitting into tight spaces and behind doors, while a curved one gives you greater choice about the number and size of towels you can hang at any the same time.

There's nothing quite like getting out of the bath/shower and being able to wrap yourself up in a lovely warm, fluffy towel, so we really recommend you add an electric heating element to your chrome towel radiator to make it dual fuel and allow you to use it when central heating is off i.e. in the middle of summer.

MaxtherM chrome towel radiators are in stock right now, so order today and start enjoying the benefits they can bring to your bathroom.

Really funny article about weird radiators

Trade Plumbing's main blog (which has now moved onto the main Trade Plumbing website!) has just put up a really interesting article on funky designer radiators. Take a peek at the art heating radiator article here.

Can you put a switch in a bathroom for your electric radiator?

A question that is asked a fair amount is 'Can you put a switch in the bathroom?'. By switch, what is meant is one that is like the one turning on and off your other lights (ie not a pull cord).

The quick and simple answer is no.

There are different zones in your house, these go from 0 to 2 and other areas as displayed below.



Zones explained

Zone 0 - IP68 submersible to 9 metres
Where items are able to withstand submission of 9 metres into water

Zone 1 - IP65 jetproof
Where items can withstand water being jetted towards them

Zone 2 - IP44 splashproof
Where items can withstand small splashes

Other areas
Areas where splashes of water will NOT occur


IP Rating explained:

First Digit: The first digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against access to hazardous parts (e.g. electrical conductors, moving parts) and the ingress of solid foreign objects.

Level 0 - No protection against contact and ingress of objects

Level 1 - Effective against any large surface of the body, such as the back of a hand, but no protection against deliberate contact with a body part

Level 2 - Effective against fingers or similar sized objects

Level 3 - Effective against tools and thick wires etc.

Level 4 - Effective against most wires and screws etc.

Level 5 - Ingress of dust is not entirely prevented, but it must not enter in sufficient quantity to interfere with the satisfactory operation of the equipment; complete protection against contact

Level 6 - No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact

Second Digit: Protection of the equipment inside the enclosure against harmful ingress of water

Level 0 - Not protected

Level 1 - Dripping water (vertically falling drops) shall have no harmful effect

Level 2 - Vertically dripping water shall have no harmful effect when the enclosure is tilted at an angle up to 15 degrees from its normal position

Level 3 - Water falling as a spray at any angle up to 60 degrees from the vertical shall have no harmful effect.

Level 4 - Water splashing against the enclosure in any direction shall have no harmful effect.

Level 5 - Water projected by a nozzle (water jet) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effect.

Level 6 - Water projected in powerful jets against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects.

Level 7 - Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1m of submersion).

Level 8 - The equipment is suitable for continuous immersion in water under conditions which shall be specified by the manufacturer.
NOTE: Normally, this will mean that the equipment is hermetically sealed. However, with certain types of equipment, it can mean that water can enter but only in such a manner that produces no harmful effects.

An IP rating of 68 is the most protected against water and ingress of solid foreign objects.

How does Dual Fuel differ from Electric Only?

There is a lot of confusion between how an electric only towel rail is different from a dual fuel towel rail.

To put it very simply, a dual fuel towel rail can be plumbed into the central heating system while also having the capability of running on an electric heating element, whereas an electric only towel rail is only capable of running from an electric heating element.

The most common situation for a dual fuel towel rail is where a home-owner wants the towel rail to heat towels when the central heating is on in the winter, but also have the capability of warming towel rails in the summer, using the element.

The electric only towel rail would be used on the electric system all year round. Usually these are fitted because the home-owner does not have the capacity to fit the towel rail to the central heating system and fitting the element is more convenient.

Below is a diagram of how a dual fuel system would look and work:

In contrast, the electric only would look like the following:

Items you would need in order to make a dual fuel towel rail include the following:

- The towel rail

- An electric element

- A set of valves (as seen in picture above, most often angled valves are used)

- 2 x T-pieces

- One blanking plug

Items you would need to fit an electric only towel rail include the following:

-The towel rail (this would need to arrive filled with a water based chemical fluid)

- An electric element

You may also need (for both):

- Fused spur and back box

- Timer