Considered heating in your bathroom renovation?

Planning is key with any renovation, but heating is something often left as an afterthought when planning a bathroom renovation. Especially if you are renovating during the warmer months.

Get it right and your bathroom is a room you will enjoy all year round but get it wrong and it may be the last place you want to go in the middle of Winter.

There are many different ways to heat your bathroom and it is really important to choose the right heaters for your bathroom based on factors such as what your existing system is, room size and ventilation, as well as budget. So, to give you some ideas we put together an overview of each.

Heated Towel Rail

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A heated towel rail is a great way to warm the room and dry/warm your towels. Plus, as it storing your towels, it is a great space saver. You can have a heated towel rail that is part of a hydronic system (as below), or it can be an electric heater. Better still, some towel rails offer both so you can still turn it on using the electrical element, even when the hydronic heating is off.

Hydronic Heating

If you have hydronic heating in your home, or if you are doing a full renovation and considering adding hydronic heating, you can include your bathroom. It can be just a simple panel or you can have a hydronic towel rail.

Ducted Heating

Many houses have ducted heating and so this can just be retained as part of the renovation. If is it not already located under the towel rail, and it is possible, consider moving the duct there. That way, as with heated towel rails, you are warming the room while drying/warming the towels.

Electric Panel Heating

Panel heaters can be fitted to the wall and simply plugged into the mains. Suitable for small bathrooms, most allow you to control the temperature and some have thermostats. However, we would recommend considering a heated towel rail over a panel as this allows you to dry and warm up your towels as well as the room.

Under-floor Heating

Many find that once they have under-floor heating they never want to go without. The heating elements are fitted under the tiles so the tiles are warm to the touch. The system uses a thermostat to get the floor to your ideal temperature and you can set up on/off times throughout the week so you know you will always wake up to a warm floor.

Heat Lamp Combo

A heat lamp combo is a popular choice as you have lots of functionality built into one unit. As well as lighting up the room, this system provides warmth to heat up the bathroom and draws out the moist air.