Hi!

I have had a Holmes Bathroom heater for almost 5 years now but it
recently broke. I was looking to find another bathoorm heater. It seems
like the companies being afraid of lawsuits in case the fans catch fire
or something - they just stopped making bathroom heaters. Any heater I
look at has a warning now - don't use in the wet areas like bathrooms
or laundry. I have a regular-sized bathroom that is pretty cold in the
morning. There are some oil-filled heaters but they are bulky and it
takes a long time for them to warm up.

Are there any heaters on the market that I can safely use in the
bathroom ? I don't plan to soak it in water, just want to be warm when
I take a shower in the morning.

Thanks!!!

We recently installed a 6-foot electric baseboard heater in
our bathroom, wired to a 240V clock setback thermostat. The
work was pretty inexpensive (only a few hundred dollars), and
now when I get up to shower in the morning the bathroom has

On 1 Mar 2006 09:31:34 -0800, someone wrote:

Our bathrooms have combination light-night light-exhaust fan-heater
units in the ceilings. (You don't operate the exhaust fan and the
heater fan at the same time unless you intend to blow freshly heated
air out of the house, but it wouldn't harm the unit any.)

We also have a free standing plug in oil-filled heater that looks like
a little stream radiator in a WC room, that we like to keep a little
warmer than the rest of that zone. We don't think it is 'too big' but
I guess that is a metter of taste.

Just how much heat capacity do you need?

If it is across the room and you are not spashing water on it,
personally I would not be scared of the "wet environment" limitation.
It's not like you are going to have it out on the porch where rain
will blow on it.


Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file.

One of the best choices I ever made was installing a "toe-kick" heater
in a bathroom vanity.

It is forced air electric heater that warms your toes at the sink. Only
runs when you're in there so cost is minimal. Also doesn't take up
space.

RickR

In article .com,
says...
One of the best choices I ever made was installing a "toe-kick" heater
in a bathroom vanity.

It is forced air electric heater that warms your toes at the sink. Only
runs when you're in there so cost is minimal. Also doesn't take up
space.

We have a 2kW toe-kick heater in two of our bathrooms on a wall
thermostat. We only turn 'em on in the winter when we're in the
shower. They really help and as you note, take zero space.

--
Keith

"RickR" wrote:

One of the best choices I ever made was installing a "toe-kick" heater
in a bathroom vanity.

It is forced air electric heater that warms your toes at the sink. Only
runs when you're in there so cost is minimal. Also doesn't take up
space.


Interesting.... Any links or manufacturer names?

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:42:38 -0500, Keith Williams
wrote:

In article .com,
says...
One of the best choices I ever made was installing a "toe-kick" heater
in a bathroom vanity.

It is forced air electric heater that warms your toes at the sink. Only
runs when you're in there so cost is minimal. Also doesn't take up
space.

We have a 2kW toe-kick heater in two of our bathrooms on a wall
thermostat. We only turn 'em on in the winter when we're in the
shower. They really help and as you note, take zero space.

Interesting and new concept to me. Any URLs to show me products I
could buy to install in the attic bathroom?

In article ,
says...
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:42:38 -0500, Keith Williams
wrote:

In article .com,
says...
One of the best choices I ever made was installing a "toe-kick" heater
in a bathroom vanity.

It is forced air electric heater that warms your toes at the sink. Only
runs when you're in there so cost is minimal. Also doesn't take up
space.

We have a 2kW toe-kick heater in two of our bathrooms on a wall
thermostat. We only turn 'em on in the winter when we're in the
shower. They really help and as you note, take zero space.

Interesting and new concept to me. Any URLs to show me products I
could buy to install in the attic bathroom?


I don't have any links handy (mine came with the house). Try
googling (or http://www.search.com "toe kick" + "bathroom
heater" and you should find lotsa links (though a quick look see
only found a bunch of spam).

The toe-kick heaters I have simply mount under the vanity. One
cuts the toe-kick to the size of the unit and the heater simply
screws to the toe-kick. Do note though that 2kW is ~17A at 120V,
so it's going to need a 20A receptacle and most likely a seperate
circuit.

--
Keith