Bathroom heating is important when warming this room and helping to dry out this high-humidity environment. The perfect way of finishing a bathroom design, the best heating solution here can enhance the comfort levels of this space while preventing damp occurring. Yet, with several bathroom heating solutions available, it can be difficult selecting the right one for the size of the bathroom.
Here at The Bathroom Showroom, we suggest several ways to add a heat source to the bathroom to help your customers create a warm, cosy environment that also improves the overall health of this space.
Does a Bathroom Need a Heat Source?
Though UK bathrooms aren’t required to have a heat source, for best practice it’s highly recommended they have some form of heating solution. Not only will a heat source create a comfortable environment to use throughout winter, but it will also help this room dry out quicker after each use.
Bathroom heating is also used by some throughout the warmer months, to keep this space warm and inviting while aiding improved humidity levels throughout. Certainly, when it comes to creating that dream bathroom, having a good heating system in place is one of the top priorities for many homeowners.
How to Heat a Bathroom
When it comes to selecting the best heat source for a bathroom, some customers may personally prefer one choice over the other. Or there may be one solution that’s better suited to each specific bathroom regarding its size and design. The most common ways to heat a bathroom include radiators, heated towel rails, and underfloor heating.
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Radiators
For many bathrooms, radiators remain the primary heating solution. Certainly, with their ability to offer full coverage in most bathrooms, they work increasingly well during the winter months. Controlled via the thermostat, bathroom radiators generally require occasional maintenance. Ideal for those larger bathrooms, when set to the right temperature and left on, radiators can help keep the bathroom dry and prevent dampness from forming.
Offering optimal heating solutions, radiators provide greater heat output. But, it’s worth noting that the convection heat radiators produce can aggravate allergy and asthma sufferers. They’re also considered to be the bulkier of fixtures and less creative in the way of their designs.
A radiator will also require wall and floor space, making them better options for larger bathrooms. Yet, with many designs becoming more streamlined in their sizes, it’s much easier to find those radiators that fit perfectly with bathroom décor.
The Bathroom Showroom stocks a huge assortment of radiators available in a selection of sizes, including classic, column, compact, curved, and flat, to name a few.
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Heated Towel Rails
Though a heated towel rail isn't primarily designed to heat an entire room, for some smaller-size bathrooms, it can offer an adequate amount of heat. The concept of a heated towel rail is to provide warmth to a specific part of the bathroom while keeping bathroom towels warm. So, for those larger bathrooms, it won't offer enough coverage to heat the entire space.
Yet, with some of the most stylish designs available, more people are considering them if not as sole heating solutions, then at least a great-looking addition to supplement their main heating source of a radiator or underfloor heating.
Heated towel rails are quick to heat up and can offer a good balance of comfort to a small bathroom space.
The Bathroom Showroom stocks a variety of heated towel rail designs with varied sizes available. Including the iflo Furnas, iflo Tanami, and iflo Alayta to name a few, our heated towel rails range from modern to traditional and offer a variety of shapes.
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Underfloor Heating
An increasingly popular choice, underfloor heating is now considered a more affordable heating solution for the bathroom, and not just a luxurious addition. Ideal as the primary heating source in both small and large bathrooms, underfloor heating is a cost-effective method as it works at a lower operating temperature than a radiator. Offering the ability to program it, this heating choice uses less energy than radiators and can heat a bathroom quickly.
With a more even and uniform spread of heat across the floor, underfloor heating is a safe option for all users, and offers maximum comfort levels. It also makes it possible to free up floor space and indeed wall space with underfloor heating. Yet some people like to add a heated towel rail by way of adding a design feature when they install underfloor heating.
Working to dry the bathroom quicker, underfloor heating is seen as a healthier heating choice as it produces radiant heat, keeping the movement of dust in this room to a minimum.
The Bathroom Showroom offers several underfloor heating kits. Available as an electric or water system, Prowarm underfloor heating is an affordable choice and energy-efficient to run long-term.
Keep the Bathroom Warm with The Right Heating Solution
As every bathroom is different, the best heating solution here will be one that accommodates the size and layout of this unique space. More importantly, helping your customer make the right decision will ensure this room is kept warm, albeit cost-effectively while ensuring the space is dried out quickly to promote a healthier environment for all users.
If you're looking to help your customers choose the best heating system, speak to us at the bathroom showroom. With over 280 showrooms and a renowned history of working with the trade, we're the experts in all things bathrooms.
