Before you do anything, you should measure the size of the room that the heated towel rail is going in and then go onto the internet and find something called a ‘heat requirement calculator’. There are lots of sites around that will provide an online heat calculator so you can judge your needs before you go ahead and fit a heated rail. You will also need to enter the dimension of the room and fill in some details regarding the room, such as stating if you have double glazing or in which direction it faces. A Southwark Plumber can fit a heated rail. This result will be a measure of the Kilowatt (kW) or British thermal unit (Btu) output you will need from your radiators. Bear in mind that this is a minimum value, so opt for the rail which gives a slightly higher output, especially if you are going to cover it as it is designed, with lots of towels.


Considerations:


1). Straight radiator valves are normally used for a heated towel rail. This is because the valves connect underneath as opposed to the traditional angled radiator valves that fit on the side of the radiator. When the pipework is coming out of the wall you could stick with angled valves. Southwark Plumbers know valves.

2). A chrome heated towel rail will produce far less heat than an equivalent sized white type of rail and these towel rails are usually set slightly higher from the floor than the 15 cm of a traditional radiator this is for looks rather than heating reasons.

3). Normally, you need to adjust the central heating pipework in order to fit a heated towel rail. The heated towel rail is just a decorative type of radiator. But, the design and finish of the towel rail means that they only deliver a fraction of the heat of a radiator of similar size.