Every year as the winter months take hold, the weather reports look bleaker and bleaker, and the summer sun continues to look a far and distant memory, we all look to production our homes as warm and cosy as possible. Not only do they need to be warm, but with the cold weather comes the problem of drying washing. Clothes horses are set up in the home for the kids to trip over, and the hubby's underwear is left to suspend hauntingly over the banister. The warmest place in the house is often the bathroom. This is often the hardest place to get to when there is the usual gridlock queue on work mornings!
A very popular way to keep your bathroom warm other than central heating is by using a heated towel rail. They not only make the bathroom beautifully warm and snug, they also dry the towels and warm them for use following a wash, shower or bath. Towel rails have almost become acceptable in bathrooms now. Because they can be so mighty many home owners have decided to replace their bathroom central heating with a heated towel rail. Both work in the same way but the latter has the added bonus of being designed specifically to warm the bathroom laundry. Hence this is cutting on heating bills and also getting a fine-looking piece of bathroom furniture to boot.
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Before installation you need to ensure your buy will fit neatly into your home. If it is going to be the only power source in the room it needs to be have the capacity to originate sufficient warmth for the whole area. The more power the towel rail needs to produce, the larger it will need to be and hence the more wall space it will take up. Also think about the height of the towel rail. It needs to be positioned to take the length of large bath sheets.
Your towel rail can be powered in a whole of different ways. The plug-in version is easier to install, but you can also pick to have it hard-wired into your home's electrical theory by a licensed electrician. Additionally, you may opt for a battery-powered towel rack.
Just as foremost is that the institute of your bathroom falls in line with the style of your heated towel rail. Nowadays, the designs are so varied, elegant and attractive; homeowners often have them installed in the group rooms of the house such as the kitchen, lounge and dining room.
If you are replacing a central heating radiator with a towel rail you will find selecting one that is the same size as your radiator is going to save you a lot of problems, as any pipe fittings will match nicely. As most heated towel rails are fixed via wall mountings, you need to ensure that the pipes whether come through the wall or, are extended up from the floor to meet the valve on the rail. The plumbing side of things can need a skilled eye, so if you are in any way unsure, consult an experienced plumber. Many amateur plumbers find Compression fittings are easier to use, and if you need to connect the pipes into the wall you will need to sleeve them in bigger pipes before filling the chase to stop any touch in the middle of mortar, plaster and pipes.
The best tip ascertains the excellent position for the towel rail on the wall is to first of all attach the mountings to the rail. Then with the aid of a spirit level (and maybe a colleague or friend as well) place the rail against the wall to ensure it is level, and mark with a pencil where the mountings will go.
Undo the mounts from the rail again to make fixing them to the wall a lot easier. Now in place, the heated towel rail can be surely settled on the mountings.
How to install a Heated Towel Rail
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