How high from the floor should a heated towel rail be?

From an electrical safety aspect, the electrical connection – and thus the heated towel rail – should be at least two feet above the ground. To make things super easy for you, every Bathroom Butler heated towel rail comes with a suggested Electrical Outlet (EO) height.

How high should heated towel rail be?

Your towel rail should be fitted at the most practical height to facilitate easy use. As a safety precaution we recommend the towel rail is placed no closer than 600mm off the floor.

How high should a towel radiator be off the floor?

Where should towel bars be placed in bathroom?

As a general rule, towel bars and other towel hardware should be conveniently located near each sink and bath fixture. Bars usually work best on the longest wall in the bathroom and should be as long (horizontally) as possible.

Can you put a heated towel rail above a bath?

Zone 1 & 2

If you were to install a heated towel rail in this zone, it would need a rating no lower than IPX4. Zone 2 stretches to a 0.6m outside your bath or shower and above your bath or shower if over 2.25m.

How is Your Towel Rail Hot When the Heating Is Off?

How high should hand towel bars be mounted?

Generally speaking, the average height of a towel bar should be 48 inches from the floor. This is also true for the hand towel ring.

Are vertical heated towel rails any good?

Vertical heated towel rails

What this means is that they are more effective at doing what they're designed to do – dry towels. At Eskimo, we conducted research to prove that these types of towel rails do a better job of drying towels.

How far apart should vertical towel rails be?

But now for the most important detail - just how far apart do you install your rails? There are no hard and fast rules, however 270mm - 300mm apart generally works well.

Can you leave heated towel rail on all the time?

Heated towel rails are designed to be left on all the time and there are no safety issues to consider if you decide you want to keep them running. A standard heated towel rail will typically come on and off in accordance with the main central heating system.

Do heated towel rails use much electricity?

The price of heated towel rails is very affordable and they don't use a large amount of power.

What type of heated towel rail is best?

Popular Towel Rail Finishes

Chrome - The most popular type finish is a chrome heated towel rail and is the immediate choice for the majority of people renovating their bathrooms. Other fixtures like taps, light fittings and shower heads are chrome plated, so a matching towel rail always works well.

Can a towel warmer catch fire?

For instance, if the electric heated towel rack has a 100-Watt element, then it can only put out the equivalent heat of 100 Watts. It can't just magically produce 200 Watts of heat! So no, your towels absolutely cannot and will not catch fire.

Do heated towel rails heat the room?

One of the most commonly asked questions when it comes to the functionality of heated towel rails is, do they actually heat up your bathroom? In short, the answer is yes! Heated towel rails are ideal for making your bathroom a warm, comfortable place to be, especially on those cold winter days!

Do towels dry better on hooks or bars?

Towel bars allow towels to dry without being bunched up, so they dry faster than towels might on a hook or ring.

How much space should be between towel hooks?

determine where to hang the towel hook

Then, place the remaining towel hooks about 12″ apart from one another. As far as how high to hang your towel hook, the bottom of mine are at 57″ from the ground. Personally, I'd say anywhere in the range of 55″-60″ is an probably ideal height.

What can I use instead of a towel bar?

Towel Hooks instead of a towel bar–Your bathroom will look so much better if you find great towel hooks like these from Pottery Barn verses the towel bar. If you want your bathroom to be functuional towel hooks are the way to go.

Do white towel rails give off more heat than Chrome?

You would think that in the same size, they would all give the same heat output, but this is not the case. Instead the white and black models give out 20% more heat output than the chrome version. Chrome radiators will always give out less heat (up to 30% less) than a painted equivalent.

Can you fit an electric towel rail in a wet room?

The short answer is yes, electric radiators are waterproof. Of course they would have to be in some way otherwise you would not be allowed to install them in your bathroom no matter how much you wanted to.

Where is Zone 2 in a bathroom?

Zone 2 is an area stretching 0.6m outside the perimeter of the bath and to a height of 2.25m from the floor. In these bathroom zones an IP rating of at least IP44 is required. In addition, it is good practice to consider the area around a wash basin, within a 60cm radius of any tap, to be considered as zone 2.

Why do people put towel racks in the shower?

If you have the space and find you rarely sit down there, park a rack there and always have a towel within reach after washing your hands. A separate towel rack on the wall offers ample room for dry towels to warm while their user is showering and for damp towels to dry out. Inside the shower.

Where do you hang towels after shower?

Should towels be stored in bathroom?

Towels. Bathrooms are the perfect breeding ground for mold and mildew, and your towels are easily susceptible to these gross fungi. It's fine to keep one towel hung up in the bathroom, as long as you swap it out once a week. Turning on an exhaust fan can help dry out the room and your damp towel faster.

Which is better straight or curved towel rails?

Straight Towel Rails

This is unlike the protruding nature of curved heated towel rails and with there being no real difference in heat output between the two, the choice just depends on your personal preference.