If your bathroom has a tub, a shower, or perhaps some combination of the two, there is a good chance your bathroom also contains at least one or two bars or hooks to hang wet towels on. If you are planning on redecorating, perhaps changing out the faucet taps or maybe adding extra light fixtures to your vanity, why not take a moment to consider exchanging those bars and hooks for a newer solution: heated towel rails.
We hang towels up after we bathe so they can dry effectively. With a heated towel rail, the time it takes to dry a wet towel is diminished -- what normally takes a regular bar or hook all day can take a heated towel rail two hours at the most, depending on the thickness and wetness of the towel in question. It also saves the energy of required to run a towel through the dryer, and if placed on the rail before a shower or bath, a dry towel can have the added comfort of being warm as well.
The design makes these rails get no warmer than 50 to 60 degrees Celsius (122 to 144 degrees Fahrenheit), so it is safe to own and operate in a house with children as well as animals. If it is designed to run continuously, it is possible for the cold and damp that lingers after a shower to diminish.
Typically, heated towel rails are either connected directly into the heating system or can be run independently using electricity, which makes them compatible with any house? The only real downside is that, in some instances, it is a wise choice to have the rails installed by an electrician, depending on which heating method is used.
The styles are varied, as is the price, depending on how fancy or simple a rail you purchase and whether or not you do the installation yourself. But in most cases, the cost of running a heated towel rail is little more than running a lamp or two.