Electric radiator for tiny bathroom

[Joe Shmoe]

Does anyone know of any electric radiators that are suitable for a bathroom? It's only 7ft x 6ft, so very small. Because it's so small, the rad would be within 1ft of a sink and 3ft of a bath.

Is there anything out there that's suitable?

Would prefer a proper radiator than a towel rail as I wouldn't think that would actually warm the room to any great degree?

 

[Eric The Viking]

Towel rails warm very well indeed. I put two in our bathroom, and that was too much!

You can have best of both worlds with a heating element inside a CH-fed towel rail. In the summer use electricity, in the winter use the CH. I've got a timer on the ones in one bathroom, but TBH we tend to leave them on all the time when we need to. You don't need to mess with the lockshield valves, as the electrically heated water just circulates in the rad and doesn't go down the pipes (assuming the rad is bottom-fed).

Electrical connection needs to be out of the splash zone (and itself safe), and there needs to be an isolating switch outside the bathroom (usually up over the door, but not always). You do need a sparks for that bit.

There are lots of neat designs to choose from, and damp towels can be a bit of a health hazard, never mind being clammy after a shower!

 

[Rorschach]

As above really. We had this fitted though I must say we ended up never using the electric element and I removed it last year.

 

[garethharvey]

We have a towel rail and radiator in one. It's a Victorian looking thing.

It's like this thing here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/iBathUK-Tradit ... B003UU45OO

I would advise these come in different qualities / standards. Look for one with a very long guarantee as the chrome on cheaper ones will start to rust very soon.

 

[Robbo3]

Also, tubular heaters come in different sizes, eg
- http://www.screwfix.com/p/dimplex-ecot2 ... -80w/1796f

 

[Joe Shmoe]

Hmm, that tubular heater could be ideal. Will look into it. Thank for all the recommendations guys!

 

[Marineboy]

Our bathroom is similarly sized. A couple of years back I installed a fan heater high on the wall with a pull cord switch, wired to a fused spur inside the airing cupboard so met the regs. We switch this on when we get in the shower and by the time we get out it's toasty.

 

[Rorschach]

Off topic here but thought it relevant if anyone was thinking about the tube heaters for other applications. An old style incandescent light bulb makes an excellent space heater. They are terribly inefficient in terms of lighting but excellent as low wattage heating elements. Best thing of course is that they are cheap, still fairly available and the fittings etc are easy to come by. They are often used in homemade food dehydrators and could be adapted to work in a small airing cupboard or a warm box in the workshop. I have plans to use them to create an airing/drying cupboard when paired with a small dehumidifier.