HVP Magazine – What to consider when choosing a designer towel rail

WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A DESIGNER TOWEL RAIL

Simon Morris, Advertising Supervisor from The Radiator Firm, explains the components to contemplate when selecting a designer towel rail to match your buyer’s imaginative and prescient.

Throughout the nation, Britons have been utilizing their time throughout lockdown to reassess their residing house. A current survey by Checkatrade discovered the UK is making ready to spend £61.8bn on dwelling enhancements when lockdown restrictions elevate, with loos revealed as one of many rooms owners disliked essentially the most.

Whether or not prospects plan to undertake a complete transform or a easy replace, it’s necessary to not overlook how the house might be heated and there are a number of components to contemplate earlier than making a alternative.

How a lot warmth?

A rest room must be heated appropriately to supply a cushty surroundings. Choosing a towel rail can present heat and luxury, in addition to the sensible possibility to hold and heat towels. Skilled installers might be conscious that, earlier than endeavor any radiator or towel rail set up, it’s important to calculate the warmth output required (BTU). This helps to make sure that the equipment will sufficiently warmth the room and received’t underperform leaving the client with a cold rest room.

Right here, choosing high quality is necessary. Producers ought to be capable to provide towel rails that sufficiently warmth the room with BTU efficiency that may stand as much as its claims. Key indicators to search for are CE approval, EN 442 certification, and BTU calculations based mostly on Delta T50. One other signal of assurance is whether or not the producer is registered as a member of the Producers’ Affiliation of Radiators and Convectors (MARC), which makes use of permitted RADMAC-certified laboratories to certify merchandise in accordance with laws.

Plumbed or electrical?

There are a number of choices when putting in a towel rail for patrons with a plumbed central heating system, with a alternative of both a plumbed or electrical model. Plumbed towel rails can use current pipework with the same sized unit for minimal disruption and faster set up. However, fairly than be restricted by this feature, new pipework might be put in after the heated towel rail has been chosen.

Electrical choices are a superb resolution to keep away from extending the present scorching water heating system or transferring pipework. Electrical towel rails might be related to the present mains electrical system and supply the pliability for households to show the towel rail on and off immediately, as and when it’s wanted.

Twin gas gives the perfect of each worlds, with the best flexibility for households to both use the plumbed central heating provide, or unbiased heating utilizing an electrical provide when the central heating system is turned off. That is notably helpful throughout the summer season months when the central heating is turned off however a heat rest room towel continues to be appreciated.

Completely different kinds

Each rest room is totally different and main producers will be capable to supply a large alternative of designs and finishes to swimsuit any desired aesthetic and magnificence.

Ladder towel rails are most likely essentially the most recognisable fashion of towel rail, however these needn’t be humdrum. Curved choices are a incredible alternative for bigger households hanging plenty of towels and horizontal-orientated ladder rails are a super resolution for above a shower, or the place house is extra restricted.

Towel rails with conventional options generally is a stunning characteristic in a toilet and are notably properly fitted to interval properties. Ball-joint connections, column radiator sections, and vintage galvanised finishes all can add character mixed with the advantages of recent expertise. For instance, the ‘Chalfont’ flooring standing column radiator has hanging bars for towels that may be completed in bronze, copper, or nickel for a extra rustic and attention-grabbing aesthetic. This conventional design may even be manufactured with a contemporary electrical provide.

Prospects could not have thought-about a towel rail as an announcement characteristic, so create some wow issue together with your shoppers and supply kinds that provide one thing extra distinctive. The Radiator Firm has designer choices such because the ‘Loosen up Bagno’ – a towel rail that has a mirror-like, reflective end, and ‘Tratto’ a creative, three dimensional design with curved shelving and optionally available halo LED facet strips so as to add drama to the house.

Suppose past easy white

After you have chosen the fashion, test whether or not the producer gives totally different color choices and finishes. Delight your buyer by going past the same old white or chrome and counsel a towel rail that both blends with or matches their décor paint, or makes a robust color assertion.

Prospects will usually have very clear concepts on their imaginative and prescient for a loo renovation – whether or not or not it’s to create a sanctuary and someplace to appease and wind down, or a practical room, merely to clean and prepare at first and finish of every day. Matching their imaginative and prescient with the house and funds obtainable might be tough, so it’s necessary to make use of a producer that has a broad vary of kinds and finishes, each stocked and to order, that may match their expectations.