Jaga Strada Radiator Mod

You can buy the Jaga towel rail or mod your Jaga bathroom radiator with a Smedbo towel rail. Looking for a good spot to install the towel rail, I thought it might look nice to make it part of the radiator. It’s just the right height and width and warms the towel when the radiator is on.

Here’s the result!

This is the before picture…

I removed the strip and rack from the top. The strip needed some prying on the sides with the rubber back of a pair of pincers. This prevents accidental damage of the paint on the strip.

Then removed the thermostat to free the front panel. The vertical panels you see on the photo make it difficult to place the towel rail, since the panels are 60cm apart. This is about the same width as the anchorages of the towel rail. The front radiator panel is not aligned dead center between the vertical panels, so I did have some room to attach the towel rail.

The front panel is 80cm. I attached the towel rail 10 cm from the top and about 10cm from the sides. To make sure the panel is strong enough I used angled aluminum strips. To attach the towel rail mounts, drill the horizontal hole first. This leaves you room to align the mounts to the rail correctly.

Almost done!

I’m very happy with the result!

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Tags: jaga, rail, smedbo, sprietzeil, strada, towel, tyresta

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