On 01/11/2019 12:52, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Well, one thing it does, apart from drying towels, is warm the bathroom.

I see now that oil filled towel rails, made from the most suitable metal are much more expensive than the mild steel, water filled variety. And for the larger, more accommodating sizes, many hundreds of pounds dearer.


The heat output of a typical towel rail tends not to be
sufficient to cope with the heat loss of the room in
winter, unless you have a very well-insulated property.

Neighbour made the mistake of replacing a 600x600
double panel bathroom radiator with a towel rail as
part of the bathroom refurn, and wife soon decided
that the bathroom was too then cold.