Heated towel rails are often only considered as an afterthought in many bathroom installations or omitted completely. However, they are fantastic appliances and fast become integral to your enjoyment of the bathroom as well as being highly functional and looking beautiful. They may not have the “wow” factor of a whirlpool bath but they will make your bathroom pleasant and a joy to use.
A heated towel rail is often plumbed in to the existing central heating system so that it turns on at the same time as the overall system, but can also be used in isolation from the other radiators. They’re multi-functional devices that quickly prove essential:
As storage points for clothing and towels for people using the bathroom, particularly when they have a shower or a bath
To air out towels, which may be useful in a guest bathroom or if you tend to change your towelling according to the season to match other fabrics like shower curtains and bath mats
For drying towels, if someone has just used them to dry their body following a relaxing bath or shower
Heating towels and clothes, which is particularly welcome on a cold winter’s day when you step out of a warm shower or relaxing bath into a chilled room and then venture into a cold house
To heat the room overall, to make sure that you don’t get an unpleasant shock as you step onto the floor and shiver as you rush to dry yourself off
With these uses in mind, you may find that you look at the importance of heated towel rails to overall bathrooms differently but also find that the way that you choose them also changes. When it comes to selecting the right one for your room you will have to ask yourself a number of questions:
How big is the room and what is needed to heat it?
Are you replacing radiators with the heated towel rails or are they to be used in combination?
How many towels do I need to store and dry at any one time?
Which of the heated towel rails I have looked at best suits the overall design of my room?
Heated towel rails are available in a range of designs and specifications, which means you can find them in a range of different heating power to heat anything from a small en suite to a grand family bathroom. They’re available in both traditional and modern styles, allowing you to go for designs that mimic cast iron radiators, futuristic installation art or the more conventional (but equally beautiful) tubular, or angular, chrome designs. They are available in a range of sizes and shapes to suit all your storage needs.
So, whatever shape, size, capacity or design you need, you will be able to find it amongst the many different heated towel rails available.