Underfloor Heating
If you choose to have underfloor heating to supplement your heated towel rail then you will have much more design choice as you can have rather than a large rail that is going to be hard to fit into the desired space a neat and compact rail that is doing what towel rails are designed to do warm/dry towels.
There are different systems available for the bathroom.
The wet system is a piped circuit of plastic tubing insulated underneath which connect to the heat source (boiler) similar to the way in which a radiator would be connected. you would need a concrete floor construction and if you are renovating this is probably not the best choice as it would mean digging up the existing floor construction, in a new build house it is a good choice and it is very likely you would include a wet underfloor heating system already in other parts of the property.
The electric dry system is a series if cables or matting under the surface with resitance that heats up, It is generally easy to install and takes up less room in thickness than the wet system, so its installation does not add more than a few millimeters to the finished floor height.
It can be used on both concrete and wooden substrate floors, some systems claim to heat up the whole room but used as a supplement to a towel rail it is a great choice.
Apart from the wiring which is required by British electrical regulations to be completed by a qualified electrician the electric heaters do not need to be installed by someone with specialist skills and tools and can usually be taken on by any competent tradesman.
The floor temperature is controlled by a thermostat which should provide a good stable comfort of heat.
There is nothing better than stepping out of a bath onto a nice toasty floor…….
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