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Heater/towel rail for small WC

  • 12-09-2016 3:36pm
    #1
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Can anyone recommend a way to heat a small WC that doesn't have a rad or other heating source.
    The WC can get very cold in the winter and the towel doesn't dry.

    Is there any easy solution with low running costs.


    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    You can get an oil filled rail with an electric element.


  • #3
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Steve wrote: »
    You can get an oil filled rail with an electric element.

    Would it need to be plugged into electrical source and would there be a carbon monoxide issue?

    Cheers for reply. Not up on these type of things.


  • #4
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    You'd need to get an electrician to install it.

    No, no carbon monoxide issue at all, it is a sealed unit. It does not burn the oil, it works like an immersion heater, an element inside the towel rail heats the oil and a thermostat switches it on/off. You'd also be best getting a timer to control when it is on.


  • #5
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Steve wrote: »
    You'd need to get an electrician to install it.

    No, no carbon monoxide issue at all, it is a sealed unit. It does not burn the oil, it works like an immersion heater, an element inside the towel rail heats the oil and a thermostat switches it on/off. You'd also be best getting a timer to control when it is on.

    Would it be any good as a cheap constant heat source for the WC?
    I have a light switch on the wall outside the WC. Could this be used as the power source?


  • #6
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Hard to tell, do you have central heating? How is the rest of the house heated right now?


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  • #7
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Steve wrote: »
    Hard to tell, do you have central heating? How is the rest of the house heated right now?

    I don't want to go down central heating route. Just an easy cheap to run solution.


  • #8
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4152291/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+and+furniture%7C14417894/c_2/3%7C15701253%7CHeaters+and+radiators%7C14417957/c_3/4%7Ccat_14417957%7COil+filled+radiators%7C14417968.htm

    Run it from outside the bathroom but at your own risk.


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