According to the old tradition, which we got from the Soviet times, in the houses of the old building in the bathroom heating is not. This is far from happy in winter - not very cozy in the cheese and cool room. Well, at least with the appearance of hot water, heated towel rails began to install. Along with the fulfillment of the main task - drying towels and linen - they also heated the room. If you still do not have any heating in the bathroom, you should choose a heated towel rail.
Towel dryer in the bathroom - comfortable thing
Views and what is better
There are three types of heated towel rails:
- Water. They are connected to the heating system or hot water supply. The option of connecting to the DHW is more popular - the break in operation is only a few weeks (for repair and system preparation). In the case of connecting to heating, the procedure itself is more complicated (permission is required) and the "dead" season lasts the entire summer period.
- Electric heated towel rails. These are autonomous devices that require only electricity. The lack of these devices is an increase in electricity consumption.
- Combined. These are dryers that can work from hot water and from electricity, that is, they will work all year round without a break. Disadvantage - high price.
Which towel rail is better - water or electric? If you have a well-functioning hot water system, select a heated towel rail simply - uniquely required water. With him, except for trouble with connection, no problem. Even pay for the use of heat is not required - they did not come up with how to charge the fee.
Electric differs only by the presence of a cord
If there is only a heating system already have to decide which options are better - an electric or water heated towel rail. Here you can be repelled from the state and layout of your heating system. If there is a riser in the bathroom or very close to it or the ability to connect, then it is possible to put the water dryer for towels. But here it is worth considering a couple of moments: you will need to resolve the housing or a replacement organization, and they are not always given such permissions. So before making a decision, visit this institution and ask if you will give permission. You can write immediately and statement. The second point is the quality of your heating. If its power is so insufficient and in the apartment is cold, having hung another thermal device. The situation can only worsen (then you are unlikely to give permission).
So, the electric heated towel rail is chosen if there is no DHW and it is impossible to connect to heating. Another reason - I do not want to mess with the connection, and this is not as simple as it seems.
We choose water towel rail
Correctly choose a heated towel rail - a whole science, and water - especially. There is a role, size, size and even the arrangement of bends, and there is still a decent amount of technical characteristics that must also be considered.
And it is also a towel dryer
Specifications
The operating pressure in the GVS system should be in the range of 0.3 atm to 6 atm. The pressure in the central heating system is highly dependent on the area, but it is rarely above 10-12 atm (this is in high-rise buildings). In accordance with these parameters, select water heated towel rails.
How to choose a heated towel rail: Example of technical specifications
Before choosing a heated towel rail, you can still pay attention to such an indicator as the maximum temperature. For DHW, this figure is rarely above 60 ° C, for heating few people give 80 ° C. From this point of view, all stainless steel dryers are suitable - they have the maximum temperature - about 105-110 ° C. Nevertheless, emergency situations occur when water is heated to hundreds or even higher, so this stock will not hurt.
Determine with form
Water heated towel rails are different forms. All of them can be divided into several groups:
- P or U shaped. The simplest in shape and having a low cost. The shortcomings can be attributed to their small "useful" area, as well as not a very large amount of heat that they can allocate. They don't hang a lot of things on them. But such heated towel rails with the correct selection of sizes can without alteration to "get up" into place of an old similar form.
- Snake, serpentine or m-shaped. A little more complex shape, larger than bends. Accordingly, more useful area and heat released. Either is not very complex in connection and have a low price.
Normal snake. Maybe not a masterpiece, but serves a long time
- Lestenka. Heated towel rail consisting of a certain number of horizontal crossbars, combined along the edges of vertical collectors. The crossbars can be straight, can - in the form of a snake. Such a device usually has two ways to connect - side and lower. A more complex form assumes a competently chosen scheme, otherwise it will not work. In addition, in mind the large material intensity, the cost of half-hesiters-ladder is at times above the coils.
- Non-standard complex forms. There are unusual towel rails that more resemble the designer decoration, not a plumbing device. They are also not low prices, besides, the majority is delivered to "under the order." With their connection, problems often arise - it is necessary to choose the scheme to choose, so you need to consult a competent specialist, since plumbing from the Hweaves with such a task is unlikely to cope. No, they are connected to connect, but it will work everything - the question.
Select a seed towel in shape and simple and difficult at the same time. It is necessary to take into account how and where you can install the design you like. At the same time, you should not forget that you will have to connect to the riser, which means it is to pull pipes along the walls. Moreover, most likely, the gasket will be hidden, that is, it will be hiding in the wall, which means it will be necessary to stick them or put a false-hat.
We select dimensions
Select the size heated towel rail must be based on available free places to install. Most questions usually cause the selection of "Lestenok". They are very high. It is necessary to take into account the convenience of using this device. Its top can be located at the height of the wrist with your extended hand or slightly below (approximately 1900-2000 mm). Where at the same time the lower edge will end - to determine you.
The size is selected based on the available free space and the proportions of the room.
With snakes and P-shaped heated towel rails are slightly simpler. The upper edge is usually placed somewhere at the height of human growth. So all the crossbars turn out to be in the availability zone and do not really interfere.
It is also worth considering that the size of the heated towel rail is also reflected in the location of the inlets for the connection. The wider / longer device, the greater the distance will be between the nozzles, which means that without alterations, you can not do.
Materials
The most common material from which water heated towel rails are made are stainless steel. But this metal can be different. Ideally uses the AISI 304 brand and its analogs (in the table). Stainless steel heated towel rails serve for a long time, as they are not corrosion, it does not settle the raid on their walls.
Analogs of AISI 304 and their characteristics
A cooler from a stainless steel can be with a matte surface or with a mirror glitter (the surface of the pipe is polished), there are also painted in enamels of different colors. The most common color among color is white, but on request you can choose from a rather wide palette. Specific colors depend on the manufacturer.
There are in the market budget heated towel rails from black steel, usually galvanized. The service life is very small - just a few years. Their surface can be chrome or painted. In conditions of high humidity in the bathroom and the other coating are very short-lived.
There are also copper heated towel rails. The feasibility of their installation under a big question: copper - chemically active metal, and in a niche of water, accurately iron enough. This means that copper will quickly collapse. Not as fast as in a pair with aluminum pipes, but still ... if the fate is also a very considerable cost of the copper heated towel rail, then the possibility of a quick failure of this device is not at all what you want to hope.
That is, in fact, choose a heated towel rail to the material simply - it is stainless steel. She really is not yet an alternative.
Practical advice on choosing
The theory is good, but exploitation usually shows all the pros and cons of products. Heated towel rails are no exception. There are many nuances by what it is better to choose.
Such reviews about currently welding towel rails
What models are better
Let's start with the selection of models of heated towel rails. As you know, there are ladies and simple m and u-shaped. These M and U-shaped are made from a solid piece of pipes. It is simply bent at the required form. That is, if the pipe is used high-quality, serve such a heated towel rail will be long.
Heated towel rail flows in welding places
Lanes and other complex models - welded. The term of their service is determined by the quality of the weld - in most cases, it starts to flow in the seams. No matter how bitterly admit it, but the "flow" is mostly travelers of Russian production. German or any other European country do not suffer from this disease. It's all about welding. Yes, the whole stainless steel is cooked with TIG welding in an inert gases medium. Only in Europe is boiled with a superposition, because of which the seam is obtained supreming from two sides. Domestic manufacturers in order to save on road gas, boil without boost. As a result, the seam is suited only outside and, with the slightest error in execution, he flows.
No one says that flows 100%, but flow and often. That is, when buying a domestic "ladder", you solicitively risk in about a year to get a flow. The good news is that the warranty period is usually much more - about 3-5 years, but the guarantee is valid only if you installed you a firm with the right to work with engineering networks and you have an act of receiving a heated towel rail, signed by the RES representative. At the same time, no one, by the way, guarantee that the next heated towel rail will not flow the same company ...
So it turns out that if you approach the choice of a water heated towel rail with a practical, and not from the aesthetic side, it is best to take a simple serpentine if the U-shaped do not like very much.
What to pay attention to when buying
Deciding with the form, you will need to choose a towel rail which firm you want. Here everything is not easy. As they said, German and in general, European factories have proven perfectly. But they have a significant minus - a very high price. Therefore, mainly have to choose from Russian manufacturers. Today they are more than enough and the model range is largely repeated. So how to choose? We must look at the following parameters:
- Check geometry. There should be no distortion in the pipe cross section. It should be perfectly round, deformation is allowed only in bending places. If the shape of the towel of the dryer is symmetrical, there should be no deviations in its geometry either.
- Find the press on which the name of the company and the steel brand is made from which the heated towel rail is made. All self-respecting manufacturers label their products.
Normal manufacturers put a stamp on which the steel brand is indicated and the brand name
- Inspect the thread. It must be sliced exactly, the grooves are all of the same depth, without jar.
- If there are welding places, the seams should be smooth, without sharp edges and jar.
- Look inside the pipe. If there is visible seam (darker smooth strip), this heated towel rail is made of suture tube. With high quality of the pipe, it is unstable, but no one can guarantee this quality - our manufacturers are purchased by Chinese metal. How they know everything with quality. So it is better to find a seamless heated towel rail.
- In the product you liked for all criteria check the presence of a certificate of conformity. Without it, the device is better not to take.
- Another mandatory document is a technical passport with an indication of the manufacturer, warranty coupons, etc. This passport seller must fill correctly, put the print where it is required.
Snake may be not quite usual. The main condition - without welding or with a minimum of seams
If all these criteria come together, you can buy the model you like. Next matter for installation.
| Name | View | Connection | Height Width | Guarantee | Corps material | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podor Serie M Type 1 | Coil | Side | 60 * 40 cm | 5 years | Stainless steel | 1159 rubles |
| PARGOR series of LC NP Type 2 | Lestenka | Lower | 60 * 40 cm | 5 years | Stainless steel | 5098 rubles |
| Sunerja Bohema with Shelf | Lestenka with shelf | Universal | 60 * 40 cm | Stainless Steel AISI 304 L (04x18h10) | 15600 rubles | |
| SUNERZH M-shaped | M-shaped with two shelves | Side | 60 * 40 cm | Stainless Steel AISI 304 L (04x18h10) | 5100 rubles | |
| Dvin R4. | Lestenka | Universal | 60 * 40 cm | Stainless Steel AISI 304 | 6869 rubles | |
| Argo 5m | Snake | Side | 50 * 50 cm | 5 years | Stainless steel | 2500 rubles |
| Argo Magic with a shelf | Lestenka with shelf | Universal | 50 * 50 cm | 5 years | Stainless steel | 6440 rubles |
| Olympm M-shaped | Snake | Side | 60 * 40 cm | Food stainless steel | 2551 rubles | |
| Olympus Lestenka arc with a shelf | Lestenka with shelf | Universal | 60 * 40 cm | Food stainless steel | 6713 rubles | |
| Terminus M-shaped | Snake | Side | 40 * 50 cm | up to 10 years old | Stainless Steel AISI 304L | 1420 rub |
| Terminus Standard | Lestenka | Side | 50 * 73 cm | up to 10 years old | Stainless Steel AISI 304L | 5280 RBA |
Selection of electric heated towel rails
Select a heated towel rail, operating from electricity easier. It requires only power to work, and they are more or less in order. Especially if there is a stabilizer. Therefore, when choosing an electric trash, you can approach the choice of the model only from aesthetic point of view and purchase the form that seems most attractive, without worrying about hydraulics - it is not so important as in water models.Choice: Material, Color, Size
The case of this device is usually made of stainless steel, filled with the coolant (most often it is water). Heating element - TEN, its power consumption is small - several honeycomb watts, since the volume of water in them is also not the largest and heated it is necessary to maximize up to 60 ° C.
More convenient to operate models having a thermostat. They can change the temperature from 30 to 60 degrees. It is exhibited on the scale with a turn of the handle, supported in automatic mode. The selection of the model in this case is practically unlimited. Even the welds are not a hindrance - the pressure is stable here if the seam is made qualitatively, it will never flow.
Coloring can be different
It is still worth saying about possible color solutions. Most electrical heated towel rails are the default without painting - with a glossy (polished) surface. Some manufacturers most popular models can paint. It can be the usual white enamel, sometimes color. Available can be colors - bronze, gold, platinum, it all can be with patina, etc. In general, you can find non-standard coloring options (among Russian manufacturers, these are Dvin and Argo, Terminus, Sunzherzh, Trorg).
Size selection is wide. Select one that optimally fit into the design of the bathroom or bathroom.
Connection and installation features
The electrically sweater is connected to a conventional socket (small power), but since the installation site is a high humidity bath, the voltage must be supplied via the UZO, which breaks the phase and zero (two-contact), the machine is also needed (one contact). The choice of their electrical parameters depends on what other devices will connect to this highway - to pull the separate line on the heated towel rail should not be in mind its low power.
Thermostators have a different form, but the functionality is usually no different.
Mounted heated towel rail anywhere. Usually the protection class allows it to put it even over the bathroom (II), but it is hardly worth it: uncomfortable, and things will worst. The electric heated towel rail is usually installed on any free wall. Often so that you can reach the bath, shower. If the bathroom is combined, you will have to choose - you can put it closely from the bidet or toilet with the hygienic shower. By the way, the mounting brackets usually come in a set, so nothing will come up with.
Manufacturers
All firms that produce water heated towel rails are produced and electric. In the same case, the TEN is installed, the coolant is poured, the ends are sealed. So find the electric dryer for the bathroom is completely easy - only Russian producers are more than a dozen, and there are a lot of models so much.
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