Towel Rails with 420mm pipe centres?

[liviblogs]

Hi, it has been asked before but the other ones linked previously are sold out. Does anyone know of a towel rail around a metre tall with 420mm pipe centres?

The pipes come out of our bathroom wall which is an annoying material so we'd like to avoid drilling into if possible and use the existing holes - there is one 420mm one on screwfix it looks like but it uses "concealed mounting brackets".

 

[Elkato531]

You could use a wider one and turn the valves so they point outwards then use elbows up to the towel rail.

 

[liviblogs]

You could use a wider one and turn the valves so they point outwards then use elbows up to the towel rail.

I'm a bit of a noob with this apologies and many thanks.

Just to check my understanding or lack thereof, would it be:

Buy compression elbows(? - figure out which measurements/dimensions/material I need) and a bit of pipe
Turn the existing valves outwards
Female elbow - can this go straight onto the existing valve? Then a bit of pipe, then male elbow which provides the equivalent of the sticky up valve we already have?
Then stick a towel rad onto that?

I've drawn an awful diagram for what my (completely novice) brain is thinking, if this is how it actually works, how do I get the measurements to ensure I buy the right towel rail? A lot of the listings online don't seem to have dimensions of the elbows, is it standardised? Happy to be told to go and read an FAQ or something if it exists!

 

[Elkato531]

Turn valves sideways, short piece of pipe into valve (you'll need compression nuts and olives). Compression elbows to turn back to vertical. Towel rail tails into elbows. Chrome compression elbows are available to keep it all shiny.

 

[Dan Pet Rescue]

Might no be much help for the OP but posting as I'm looking for the same. (stupid Victorian Plumbing who used to sell weird sized rads so you keep buying theirs, and then discontinued them)

Anyway https://www.diy.com/departments/flo...iator-w-450mm-x-h-1100mm/5059340607900_BQ.prd

B and Q have one with 40.5cm pipe centres. They also have some which are 40cm. Not 42cm, but our previous plumber seems to have just bent the pipe to fit, and I don't want to re-drill a new hole in the porcelain tile, or start replacing tiles etc.

The idea about buying compression elbows and twisting the valves to a 90 degree was quite a good work around

https://www.monsterplumb.co.uk/pipe-amp-fittings/chrome-compression

Or soldering some copper elbows if you're feeling fancy