It is hard to imagine a city apartment without a towel dryer. In most houses built in Soviet times, a shiny curving pipe in the bathroom symbolized warmth, comfort and prosperity. But nothing lasts forever. An old heated towel rail may start to leak or you may want to install an object with a new design in the bathroom.
Before choosing a heated towel rail, determine what it is intended for.
Towel dryers have two purposes: heating a bathroom or a combined bathroom and drying products from fabrics. The heated towel rail can be used as the main or additional heating device. Towel dryers are also installed to prevent the formation of condensation and mold.
To dry clothes and heat the bathroom, you can use pipes (water towel rails), using electricity (electrical appliances) and combined devices (liquid heat carrier with a heating element).
Take a closer look at the walls in the bathroom, evaluate how cool, damp it is, and you will understand how to choose a heated towel rail. The water version, which was released recently, may well take the place of the old. Therefore, before dismantling the previous device, take a tape measure and measure it. Pay attention to the connections to the hot water pipe. Also measure the distance between the incoming and outgoing pipes, determine their diameter. A new heated towel rail may have the same connection parameters. This will facilitate installation.
Today, heated towel rails of various shapes are produced. Design is chosen by catalogs in the store or in the market. You do not have to puzzle over how to choose a heated towel rail, but order its production. Then you simply draw his sketch and give the master the dimensions and diameter for the connection. Such a heated towel rail can still be ordered at the factory or in a locksmith workshop. Some assemble towel dryers themselves, using a pipe bending machine and a die for threading.
The heated towel rail can be connected to a hot water pipe or to a radiator.
The advantage of a device connected to a radiator: you do not pay for the additional use of hot water.
Before choosing a heated towel rail that works on water, you should soberly assess the situation: centralized hot water supply often ceases with the onset of spring.
It is possible to efficiently heat the bathroom and dry clothes using electricity. But do not rush to buy a heated towel rail for this. How to choose a device to solve these problems, suggests the national experience. Some citizens install fan heaters in bathrooms. These devices are unpretentious and warm air faster than heated towel rails. In this case, you will have to find a fan heater that is protected from moisture. High concentrations of steam and water can cause a
short circuit and electric shock. Therefore, you can install the device outside the bathroom. Then warm air will flow through the corrugated sleeve through the hole in the wall. The fan heater must depend on the switch through which the lighting in the bathroom is powered. Then it will not burn out and will supply warm air only when necessary.
The tips above are for those who want to save money. If you do not intend to save money, deciding on how to choose a heated towel rail, talk with the interior designer. The sales consultants in the store will also help you determine the content, form and price.