A slightly warmer bathroom

Biggles

I could often do with a little more heat in the bathroom, esp in the winter.

It's not really bad enough to warrant a larger radiator and can easily be fixed by opening the airing cupboard door a couple of inches before ablutions are commenced.

I don't want to remove the door completely - a grubby old HW cylinder isn't a pretty sight. But I was wondering if I could cut a rectangle out of the centre of the door and replace it with a grille of some kind. That should work; are large grilles (3ft x 1½ft?) available for this purpose?

Doozergirl

The grill would be a bit ugly.

Depending on your door, something like this might look more attractive...

https://instagram.com/p/Bcuy7R2DsCk/

Soot2006

Heated towel rack?

Tom99

You would probably need a vent at both top and bottom of the door to have the most effect

Biggles

I was considering a vent at top and bottom, Tom, then thought, 'Why not go the whole hog and fit a tall grille/vent?'.

I guess it all depends on airflow within the cupboard, if any!

jrrowleyws

Depending on the 'type' of radiator you could replace it with one which is the same size but has a higher output.

WobblyDog

I find a wall-mounted electric fan heater is a good solution to that problem. I don't want to heat the whole house in order to make the bathroom warm. Unfortunately the cost of getting one fitted in a Part P compliant way is much greater than the cost of the heater.

Alter_ego

Louvre door?

Mutton_Geoff

If you're planning on taking heat of the airing cupboard, then your hot water tank isn't insulated properly and you'll be wasting loads of energy for the rest of the time through the walls and ceiling of the airing cupboard.


I'd get the tank lagged properly and put a bigger (btu rather than physical sized) radiator in the bathroom. Is there room for a tall towel rad style one? You can add an electric element to many of these so you can run it in the summer for dry towels all year round.