Make Your Own Heated Towel Rail

Choose a strong finish for your towel rail.

Make your own heated towel rail.

This is how you can make your own. Having a heated towel rail installed in your bathroom is a great way to make sure you have clean fresh and most importantly dry towels at your disposal no matter whether or not the central heating has been turned on as these especially designed units can often be hooked up to their own electric power source. Total time 4 5hrs materials 6m of 15mm copper pipe 1 x blow torch for soldering 26 x elbow joints 18 t joints some wire wool some flux some metal polish 1 x pacman shaped copper pipe cutter 1 x ruler. Summary this was my project to build a new towel rail for the bathroom.

Time taken 1 5 hours cutting pipe. 1 hr cleaning and polishing. 0 5 hrs fixing to wall. Once you ve decided your heated towel rail size shape and style you ll need to select the best finish.

For example our elveden model is available in chrome polished brass polished nickel brushed nickel antique brass and polished gold. Heated rails will warm your towels before and after use which provides a comforting feel for when you get out of the shower and helps prevent that musty smell towels get when they re left damp for too long. 1 5 hrs soldering pipe. To shop the supp.

Heated towel rails can be a luxurious addition to any bathroom and can even function as a drying mechanism for damp towels swimsuits and outerwear. Electric towel rails are either plugged in to the wall or hard wired into your electrical system and can usually be installed easily by fastening the rail to the wall using its support anchors.