Wall Mounted Bathroom Heaters Will Typically Outperform The Real Thing
If you have suffered this season with a colder than desired toilet you'll have started investigating some bathroom heater options. There are wall mounted, baseboard, ceiling mounted, lightweight, and bulb-style heaters. So you may have narrowed down your option and are now thinking, hmm Bathroom Heater Wall Mounted “Sensible Idea or Bad Concept? After all you do like your walls and never originally had intention of cutting into the sheetrock to annoy anything. On the other hand, a recessed, flush, wall mounted toilet heater may be the answer you have been searching for. It is a space saving, convenient and best of all, a WARM answer to your icy cold toilet situation.
Before we get into the good points and bad points of a loo heater, wall mounted targeted, let examines some other options that you may have considered.
Baseboard heaters are a different choice but they are low to the ground and let's admit it, not everyone is super neat when it comes to not throwing clothing on the floor. So if the very idea of clothes potentially coming in contact with a baseboard heater and doubtless getting damaged, is not your thing, we could be able to rule this option out. Unless of course you can give your family a quick course in good housekeeping and persuade them to neat up.
Ceiling mounted heaters are just as space saving as wall mounted, but particular limitations on recommended ceiling height. If you have very high ceilings or non-standard ceilings such as cathedral or other uniquely shaped ceiling, the heater could be too high to be helpful. Most ceiling mounted units are meant for ceilings of standard 8 foot height. Since heat rises, a ceiling mounted till 14 feet up in the air may lead to no heat getting down to floor level where you are shivering cold waiting for heat relief from your new heater.
Now let’s evaluate your initial choice and contemplate your original query, which is – lavatory heater, wall mounted “Smart Idea or Bad Idea?
Pros
Neat, compact design
Doesn't detract from available floor space in your rest room
Fits flush with your wall with a tasty cover.
Heat is discharged from the wall mounted unit at a level that allows the heat to reach you quickly , and swiftly heats up your bathroom.
Wall Mounted Loo Heater could be installed away from sinks and shower so no worry of water infiltrating the unit.
Built in thermostat and timer makes these unit efficient since you can decide when and how long to turn them on.
Cons.
Pro installation is needed to wire the electric hook up. (although honestly, this would be needed with other units as well like ceiling or baseboard units)
You will need to cut a hole into your sheetrock or plaster wall to flush mount the unit.
If the unit fails to operate over time , you will need to replace the unit with a similarly sized unit to fit the hole in the wall.
Clearly it looks the Pros outweigh the Cons unless the concept of cutting your sheetrock is a deal breaker. Remember why you are doing this “your toilet is freezing cold and you want heat and need it fast prior to getting out of the shower. Sheetrock can also be repaired if needed. So you presently have a response to your good question “bathroom heater, wall mounted “sensible idea? Or bad idea?” A wall mounted toilet heater is a great space saving, cheap solution that gives you heat when you would like it, where you would like it. So go for it and achieve the heat you desire.
Gerrard Furman is a carpenter and home renovation expert. One of his specialties is bathroom redesign and he loves to research and write about the latest technology in bathroom heaters, including both portable bathroom heaters as well as, bathroom heaters, wall mounted design. Visit his site anytime for some great ideas and inspiration.