When winter mornings are growing colder, and the distance from the bedroom to the bathroom seems like a journey of unparalleled torture, it is a comforting thought to know, at the end of your daily trek, there is a warm cosy room with a roasting hot towel waiting for you, to snuggle into once you have braved the horrors of leaping out of the shower.
A heated towel rail has now become standard in many homes, and offers dual benefits in that it not only warms the bathroom, but it also can keep your towels dry, warm and ready to use. A lot of homeowners are realising that they can save money by simply replacing central heating in their bathroom with a decent sized heated towel rail. You do however need to be careful that the capacity of the rail is enough to cover the size of the room. Most heated towel rails can easily cover a small bathroom. As they have become more popular to the homemaker, a plethora of designs and formats have become available on the market not only for bathrooms but for other living areas such as the lounge and the kitchen.
Probably your first thought when selecting a heated hand rail is the overall look and style. Usually mounted on the wall, they come in a clean white finish, stainless steel, chrome or copper. You will find the more curved soft or the more traditional angular "ladder "appearance. Because they can be so elegant you may wish to make the rail a focal point of the bathroom. There are certainly the designs to choose from! Most designs will lay parallel up against the wall, whereas others swing outwards from the wall on a hinge. Your choice here will be determined a great deal by how much room you have in your bathroom.
As heated towel rails throw out so much heat, many home owners use them to replace their central heating radiator. A replacement such as this is obviously going to take a great deal more DIY work, and even perhaps the intervention of a certified electrician, but it can be a great money saver when all said and done.
The factor of how much energy the towel rail will need to generate will need to be at the forefront of your mind. As well as taking into consideration other sources of heat, you need to judge whether the capacity of the rail will be enough to heat the size of the bathroom.
When selecting your heated towel rail you should also assess how much wall space is available. You will find a full size towel radiator which is capable of heating a whole bathroom will probably take up most of the wall. It needs to be positioned so it can be used easily (will it be a swing out towel rail?). If smaller rails are positioned at waist height the space below can be used for storage for toiletries for instance. Another idea, in order to save space would be to install a model with narrow heated towel rails behind the bathroom door.
The size of the towel rail you will need will be determined by the size of your family, and how many towels you are likely to be drying at any one time. When installing the rail you need to keep this at the forefront of your mind as their needs to be enough space for large bed-sheet towels to hang to the floor.
Your new heated towel rail can also be powered in various ways. The easiest type of rail to install is the plug in version, but you can also buy the variety that can be hard - wired into your homes electrical system. However this will need to be installed by a licensed electrician. Battery powered heated towel rails are also available on the market.
Huge range of central heated towel rail
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