Designer towel racks are all the rage this year, amplifying the aesthetic of your kitchens, bathrooms, and utility rooms. A towel rack shouldn’t simply be a place to hang your towel to dry (although this is their primary function) but should be a statement piece within your home, drawing the eyes of your guests and enhancing the interior design of your home. With this guide to designer towel racks, we explain the steps you should take before installation, once they are installed, and thereon after.
From carrying out calculation, establishing the objective of your towel rail and understanding your limitations, read on for the best designer towel rack guide there is.
Understand Usage
First and foremost, you should establish exactly how you intend to use your heated towel rail. Whether this is central heating, electric only use or dual fuel use, you must understand which is relevant to you and your heating requirements. You should find out what heating system you have in your house and work from there.
Measurements
When figuring out your required measurements, you must first decide where the towel rack is going to be installed. Once you have measured the area of your choosing, you can decide upon whether you need a large, medium, or small towel rack for your room. As well as determining the size of the space you will install your towel rack, also consider how close it is to doors and windows, whether there are pipes in the area obstructing potential space and whether there is space for the required connections.
Heat Requirements
You must determine how much heat your room requires through a Watt/BTU calculation. Thankfully, the best radiator providers will have a semi-autonomous system within their website. BTU heat loss calculations allow you to enter the dimensions of your room, along with and important qualities such as type and size of windows. This will help you figure out how powerful your towel rail radiator will need to be when you decide to install one.
Towel Rail Style
The next stage is to figure out how you would like your towel rail radiator or towel rack to look within your room. If you purchase a rowel rail radiator that simply doesn’t go with the rest of your room, this can take away from the aesthetic and prove as damaging to the aesthetic of your interior design. The best radiator suppliers will allow you to choose your towel rail radiator in a wide range of colours and styles, so you can find one that perfectly compliments the rest of your room.
Required Parts
Once you have chosen your favourite style of towel rail radiator, you can begin to figure out what parts are necessary for your towel rail radiator to function optimally. This will depend on the usage of your towel rail radiator, so this should also be considered to figure out what valves are necessary for your new towel rack. Once you have established all of the above, you will be able to easily install a new towel rail radiator that not only works exactly how it should but is also cost effective and looks