Long shot, does anyone know anything about which way the valves should be on a towel radiator?

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I cannot get it to work and i am sure it is just the valves. I want toavoid the plumber, lovely bloke, but after coming round last time said 'might want to switch it on' and all he did was fiddle with the valves.

Anyway, there are two on the bottom, should they be on clockwise / anti-clockwise or a combination? Any help gratefully received to save my embarrassment.

Turn them both clockwise IIRC.

Why would they be turned off though? Are your other radiators hot & this one not? It might have an airlock & need bleeding?

I have bled it and it is only this one not working. I thought it might be the valves. I will go and check.

mine is anti-clockwise for on, as are my radiators

OK, will try that too....

doesn't it have any markings on it to indicate which way is on?

No markings. The Left hand side one only has a half turn in it at most, the right hadn side has about 3 turns in it. i think the right hand side is the entrance valve and the left is the exit, so am trying different combos.

My towel radiator valves don't have caps on, only the spindle things, so I can't check them out easily - the other radiators have thermostatic valves on one end so they don't help either...good luck anyway