There’s a wider choice in bathroom heating than ever before. Stelrad explores the options.
The selection of specialist heating options for the bathroom or wet room is wider today than it’s ever been. It started thirty or forty years ago with the archetypal chrome plated tubular towel rail and has evolved to a situation where the options are many and varied, not just in finishes but in metals, in colours and in the options for the means of providing the heat to warm the bathroom and to heat the towels.
The market for towel rails and specialist heating appliances is well in excess of a million units per year – many of those in new build homes – for family bathrooms and for en-suites and for kitchens as well, but a hefty chunk of the market is in replacement radiators for that vital room in the home – often replacing a simple panel radiator that has been in-situ for many years, waiting to be replaced by an eye catching design.
Let’s start this closer look at the options with a glance at the latest electric radiator series launched in the UK by leading radiator manufacturer Stelrad. It’s the first time the Stelrad brand has ventured into the electric marketplace, and it brings with it the quality and brand values associated with its radiator products since it began manufacturing in 1936.
The range is currently made up of 13 selected steel and aluminium radiators and towel radiators, which provide unbeatable quality and design to suit any room or décor.
As well as offering effective and functional heating in the home, the Electric Series is aesthetically appealing and comes with a five-year warranty on the heating parts and a two-year warranty on the electric components.
The new range includes a number of exciting new products – like the Stelrad Electric Column design – a rounded vertical tube column radiator available in three sizes in both white or anthracite grey. There’s the Stelrad Electric Agata and the Agata E-Flow – a straight, flat tube towel rail design, featuring five banks of three tubes with spaces between each bank, available in three sizes in both White and Anthracite grey.
It combines modern design with functional heating and energy saving features. The E-Flow towel rails in the range feature a fan heater at the base of the towel rail and include manual controls for individual use of the towel rail or the fan heater, or both together as a 3 in 1 unit.
On the aluminium front, there’s the Stelrad Electric Alu Simple Dry and Simple Fluid – available in three sizes in either White or Anthracite grey. The matching colour digital thermostat is included with each model along with its remote control. It’s a sassy design for any style room – that looks at home in any surroundings. The Stelrad Electric Series provides a range of exciting new options where direct electric heating is the chosen option for a home.
But Stelrad’s main contribution to bathroom heating is still through the specialist options to add on to the traditional wet systems – its range of towel rails and bathroom radiators is wide and varied – with designs that range from the head turning to the subtle and understated. Sizing the radiator to achieve the necessary heat output is a simple job for any competent heating installer.
There are more designs available – both traditional and contemporary – more choice of materials with a range of stainless-steel designs, and a wider range of finishes with polished and brushed stainless steel. There’s a selection of coloured radiators with many coloured radiators in stock and available within 72 hours of order, adding to the choice available.
The selection of options is vast but just to pick out a couple that will set the pulses racing – take a closer look at the Como – a flat brushed stainless-steel rectangular tube design for both modern and contemporary homes. And the new Traditional Column – a classic look especially in a bathroom – in traffic white with a chrome frame – offering just a little more style and lot more pizazz for the home… it’s a selection that demands careful consideration.
To find out more about the wide range of towel warming and bathroom radiators available, head for the Stelrad website at www.stelrad.com.
