Towel rails are becoming increasingly popular, especially the heated ones. As homeowners and luxury apartment dwellers seek more and more accents and accessories that offer comfort and scream class status. The black heated towel rail is one such item.
It’s not only saying “luxury” as it assumes its place in your bathroom, but it also provides a much enjoyed function. Its warmth can insulate your body as the cooler air outside the shower or bath attempts to cool your wet body. While it’s not able to heat your bathroom by itself, it can add warmth.
Why a Black Towel Rail?
Black like silver, brass, mirrored, or copper, is a neutral color which denotes your decorating tastes. It’s not difficult to find a heated towel rail in black as many manufacturer’s offer them in multiple neutral tones.
The Heated Towel Rail Types
Hard wired towel warmer rails are the easiest to install, but they do require some basic electrical wiring knowledge. You’ll need a GFCI protected circuit. If placed directly over this connection, you’ll have a clean look otherwise you’ll need to run cable to connect the circuit to the rails. Pipe heated rails need to run hot water through them and require plumbing knowledge to complete installation.
Towel Rack Configurations
The heated towel rack can be curved outward (convex) from the wall or completely flat. It may also have a shelf on the top to accommodate clean towels. The outward shape of the rails can be round, rectangular, or square. Most come with a digital controller to adjust the heat settings. They can be programmed to heat at specific times and there are usually several heat settings. It normally takes 10 to 20 minutes for the rails to reach their set temperature.
The Look of Black Rails
The rails can be smooth and shiny black with a gloss or matte black.
The Size of the Heated Towel Rails
The configuration of the rails can include groupings in multiples, such as two rails grouped together with a total of six groupings in a total width and height of 20.5 inches by 41 inches. The double rails are spaced 6 inches apart and comes with 175 watts of power to heat the 12 pairs of rails. The heated towel rail’s total size can range from 23.5 inches wide by 31.5 inches high to 32 inches wide to 48 inches high. It can have as few as 8 rails and as many as 16 rails on which to hang towels.
All the heated towel rails are wall mounted and they are all heated with electricity. Installation is required for them all. Installation instructions come with each boxed railing system. As always if you understand electrical wiring, you may feel comfortable installing this appliance in your bathroom. In many cases, hiring an electrician to run the wires makes perfect sense. in the case of black heated towel rail, a plumber may also be needed.
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