Today, for the bathroom, you can choose not only traditional heated gears-snakes, but also various design radiators of all shapes and colors. How to choose the right device correctly, whether to give preference to water or electrical heating, and it will be discussed in our article.
Tradition to install in the bathrooms These special heating devices appeared largely due to centralized hot water supply. Not everywhere in the world there existed and there is a luxury - but in Russia it is accustomed to it. However, you should not forget that the towel rails in the bathroom perform not only the function of the bathroom dryer. They are full-fledged heating devices that help maintain air temperature in the bathroom at the proper level. According to modern standards, a comfortable temperature in the bathroom should be 24-25 ° C. By the way, it is higher than in residential premises (18-20 ° C). Insufficiently high air temperature favors the development of fungi and mold, and the risk of cold rises.
The Stalox Water Series towel rail (Zehnder). Lower connection, the housing is made of stainless steel. Horizontal collectors have a round cross-section, diameter 23 mm. Vertical collectors - a square cross section of 30 × 30 mm. The heated towel rail is designed for maximum pressure up to 12 atm
As a heating device, a heated towel rail must have a certain thermal performance (power), which is considered in watts. This power must be indicated in the specifications of the device. Approximate calculation can be asked to make company specialists selling radiators and heated towel rails, you will need to specify the area of the room and the height of the ceiling.
Design radiator or heated towel rail?
These two types of devices are similar, some design radiators are successfully replaced by heated towel rails - and sometimes they are confused. As a rule, design radiators call all decorative radiators that can have the most different shape of the body and installed in any rooms. And under the heated towel rails, the devices for the bathroom are used, made of steel pipe, curved in the form of a Latin letter U or S.Hot water or electricity?
Both options have their advantages. Electric heated towel rails are technically easier to install. With the right arrangement of protection against electric defeat (it will be discussed below) they are completely safe, there are no leaks from them. In addition, electric heaters are much easier to control. You can enable them at any time or turn off.
Heated towel rail Electric Casteo (Kermi). Big gaps are convenient for, for example, hang towels and heat them
Another advantage of electric heated towel rails is their wider range. Water heating devices are included in the list of goods subject to mandatory certification. Therefore, many importers abandoned water towel rails and completely replace them with electric analogues. The reason is simple: to certify each party of towel rails in their relatively small volumes of supplies is too expensive. Therefore, most likely, if you want to acquire an imported towel rail (for example, made in a single design with radiators), then you will be offered an electrical model.
If we talk about water radiators, their main advantage is the simplicity and low cost of operation - no electricity costs, no load on the power grid. As for the variety of forms and models, domestic manufacturers gradually increase the range and produce more and more diverse products in appearance. Traditional S- and U-shaped pipes are increasingly replaced with more complex welded structures from pipes, as a rule, in the form of a ladder.
Water heated towel rails In addition to drying linen, one more important feature is performed: they serve as heating devices in the bathroom.
Water-type heated towel rail can be purchased over the amount in the range of 1 thousand rubles. As a rule, it will be a curved tube with two or three horizontal sections for placing a towel. Electrical models of the initial price category are approximately 1.5-2 thousand rubles. Water and electric heated towel rails of domestic production of a more complex shape, with a large number of sections (four to six or more) will cost 2-5 thousand rubles. Well, the design radiators and heated towel rails of the luxury can cost several tens of thousand rubles. This will already be models with an interesting design, possibly decorated for equipment and equipment in retro style, with massive copper, chromed or brass elements. Or, on the contrary, modern, with a minimum of details. This is, for example, Asseta (SUNERA), COMETA (MARGAROLI), Kelly (Cordivari), Ideos and Casteo (Kermi). Among such products, you can find models with rotary sections, which are more convenient to hang up linen (as a rule, these are electrical heating devices, as it is difficult to ensure the tightness of the swivel sections). From interesting design samples, we note heated towel rails, combined with a mirror, such as the Yucca Mirror model (Zehnder); with a shelf - "Bohemia with a shelf" ("Sunzherzh"); Combined with a radiator - model 9-200 (Margaroli) and other unusual options.
Heated towel rail of water "Argo" 80 cm, material - polished stainless steel. Connecting to the water supply system from below, angular valves in the kit (10 190 rubles)
Hot water handling rules
Water heated towel rails must be calculated on the pressure of the coolant in the pipeline. For apartment buildings you will need devices that can withstand 10 atm operating pressure to avoid accidents. In addition, these heated towel rails should be resistant to corrosion caused by dissolved oxygen in water, so in apartment buildings are recommended for installation, as a rule, models made of stainless steel. In private suburban cottages, working pressure in systems is low, 2-3 atm, and the heating circuit is usually protected from oxygen penetration, in these conditions you can use almost all models of heated towel rails.
Installation of a water heated towel rail is a responsible task, because mistakes here can lead to a large-scale flood and other sad consequences. Therefore, this work should be entrusted only to experts. The easiest way to contact employees from the management company, which will install and control the correctness of the installation, making an act of work. The heated towel rail is part of a general-friendly heating system and DHW, its installation should not change the parameters of the entire system. In particular, in old houses, heated towel rails were built into the DHW pipeline as part of the riser. In this case, when replacing the old model, it is recommended to install a new heated towel rail with bypass, which will circulate the main mass of water, and part of the water will be supplied to the heated towel rail. On the bypass you can not put ball valves and other shut-off-regulating reinforcement, the circulation of water via a generalized circuit should be carried out freely.
When replacing the old heated towel rail to a new, approximately similar in design and technical parameters, additional permits and coordination is not required. The transfer of the towel rail is usually not considered to be a reorganization, as this device is not indicated on the BTI plans. But if you want to transfer the water heated towel to another wall, then it will require the resolution of the management company (CC), where you will need to appeal to it, and at the end of the work of the Criminal Code should take work with the compilation of an act of reorganization.
In some cases, representatives of the Management Company prefer to be reinsured and can send you to negotiate the transfer in the housing inspection, which will require a draft transfer project with a plan for placing a heated towel rail and some other documents. In general, the receipt of all approvals and permits is not a particularly difficult procedure, but it may require a lot of time until all instances give good.
Electricity in the bathroom
When installing an electric heated towel rail in the bathroom, it is necessary to strictly follow the rules prescribed in Pue. For example, electrical appliances and sockets must be installed at a distance of at least one meter from the bath, toilet bowl, shower, and the sockets must have the degree of moisture protection IP not lower than 4. In addition, the entire branch of the power grid in the bathroom must be connected to the network through The protective shutdown device (UZO), which will serve as protection during damage to the wiring or device and current leakage. For bathrooms it is recommended to choose sufficiently sensitive UzO, with a leakage current of 10 or 30 mA.
Electric heated towel rail ABELone "Modern 3", color "Gold". Heating temperature from 30 to 70 ° C (26 thousand rubles)
Heated towel rail Water "Argo Lanenka" 100 cm (11,390 rubles)
Electrical converters with Noirot heated towel rail with one or two crossbars for towels. Provide effective heating due to the large surface of heating elements
Heated towel rail Water "Tera Furior Yelochka" (7500 rub.)
Electric heated towel rails externally do not differ from water connections. Some models are available in both water and electrical
Water towel rail without shelf "Alpha P4 50-60", stainless steel, lateral connection (2790 rub.)
Heated towel rail water Aquanerzh "Zigzag" (7 thousand rubles)
Heated towel rail of water "Argo MP" 60 cm, Material - Stainless steel, Connection 1 inch (2900 rub.)
Water heated towel rail with side connections "Dickron LZ NEO"
Electric Myson MK 70 heated towel rail, can be 180 ° on the attachment axis
