Towel rail or radiator?

invisiblecabbage

Thanks for all the good advice and guidance guys.

abwsco

We'll be going for a rad that will work off the CH and electric when we redo our bathroom. I can't stand cold towels unless of course we have a heatwave that lasts for more than one day.

warmhands.coldheart

invisiblecabbage wrote: »

Refitting bathroom and putting in under floor heating. The bathroom is about 3m x 2 m. It had a radiator before but I was wondering whether the UHF with heated towel rail will be as effective or will I still need to fit a radiator? Thanks

You don't need a Towel Rail or Radiator with Under Floor Heating... just throw your towels on the floor and let them dry there!! :rotfl:

Hintza

Why have underfloor heating and a radiator? Surely you should have specced the heating to do away with the radiator completely. Therefore all that will be required will be a towel rail.

If you are still concerned by a chunky towel rail

namecheck

BertieUK wrote: »

We have a very handy set-up in our bathroom, 10 sqm, a radiator which runs off both the central heating system and the electric.

This is very handy to heat/dry towels etc during the summer, when the c/h is off. It has the on/off switch fitted outside the bathroom with its own red light showing when it on.

Regards

BobUK

Yes, same here. It's also stainless steel - more expensive, but no rust issues.

cyclonebri1

BuntyB wrote: »

Our bathroom is 8 x 7 and is heated perfectly with our tall white towel rad via the central heating. The bigger the better. Worth mentioning is that when we bought the radiator at our local merchants we were told that white rads warm the room better than equivelant sized chrome ones, and possibly more dangerous is that chrome ones are hotter to the touch than white ones

Visions of bending down to dry feet and arrrggh, nice stripes:rotfl::rotfl:

Just another point, I've fitted a chrome towel rail to both my daughters CH systems. Each 1 had to be replaced by the supplier as they leaked from the onset. They replaced them with just simple photo proof so I'm guessing the failure rate is pretty high, fortunately mine and the 2 replacements were fine, but there are an awfull lot of soldered joints to fail compared to a welded rad.;)

abwsco

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

awfull lot of soldered joints to fail compared to a welded rad.;)

Are all white rads welded or do I need to look for a label saying welded. Excuse my ignorance:o and sorry for hijacking the OP but it's sort of relevant I think.

grizzly1911

Put a 974/450 chrome towel rail in a 2.5m/1.8m bathroom earlier this year. It replaced a similar width single radiator.

It is fully tiled no UFH.

I was worried about the heat output and whether to go white/chrome.

It pumps out more than enough heat to keep the room toastie.

cyclonebri1

abwsco wrote: »

Are all white rads welded or do I need to look for a label saying welded. Excuse my ignorance:o and sorry for hijacking the OP but it's sort of relevant I think.

Yes they are, well lets be specific all flat panel radiators are. Made of mild steel folded then welded on the seams,

paulmapp8306

Umm.

Towell rails are for drying towells NOT for heating the room.

room heating should be EITHER UFH o a radiator.

Personally I think UFH + a towell rail is the best use of space for your requirements.