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Drying off with a damp towel after bathing is extremely unpleasant. And in the bathroom without additional heating, humidity grows, and mold spots appear in the corners. Wearing wet clothes is not only disgusting, but also dangerous: you can catch a cold, moreover, such clothes can be a source of bacteria. Also, fabric products in which moisture is constantly present quickly become unusable.
As a rule, heated towel rails are used to dry clothes – these are thermal appliances, the purpose of which follows from their name. But what if you need to quickly dry wet clothes after washing? Will a conventional unit cope with the task or will it need the “help” of additional equipment?
Installation of heated towel rails in the bathroom
By default, each bathroom in a city apartment has a water heated towel rail connected to the heating system. Its advantages and disadvantages are obvious: you do not need to pay extra for heat, but in summer the towels always remain damp, as the heating season is over. It is not surprising that more and more often in the bathroom there are additional devices for drying textiles, which are powered by household electricity.
Where to install?
The heated towel rail is installed so that it can be reached when getting out of the bath or without leaving the shower. At the same time, when installing an electric heated towel rail, it is important that water does not get into the electrical outlet to which it is connected.
Which type to choose?
There are several factors that determine the choice of a particular model of heated towel rail:
- Water the unit is suitable only for the bathroom, its installation in other rooms is impractical;
- electrical heated towel rails are more versatile, they can be easily mounted anywhere. There are stationary models, and there are also mobile ones that are not mounted on the wall, but stand on legs;
- An approximate calculation of the required power is required. For simplicity, it is assumed that 1 kW is needed per 10 sq.m of room area. This will provide the optimum temperature in the bathroom + 24-26 ° C, recommended by GOST 30494-2011 “Indoor microclimate parameters”1 . In these conditions, both towels and wet linen will dry quickly after washing.
Installation of radiators and convectors in the bathroom
If laundry is regularly dried in the bathroom after washing, then for heating and preventing the appearance of mold, a constant companion of high humidity, one heated towel rail is not enough – it is supplemented with radiators or convectors. But this is not the best way out, such heaters dry out the air, their convection currents carry dust along the walls. Underfloor heating and infrared heat sources are recommended.
Installation of rods, ropes, hangers and clothes dryers
Installation of additional heated towel rails does not solve the problem of drying clothes after washing. A variety of folding dryers also do not cope with this task. They are good for small things, but they greatly clutter up the space, and they do not decorate the interior.
Most often, residents get out of the situation by pulling ropes under the ceiling or installing rods where they hang wet textiles. And not only in the bathroom, but also on the balcony or loggia. On sale there are ready-made kits of parts for this purpose. A more complex option is a one-piece frame with stretched ropes, which can be lowered lower, hanging clothes, and then raised to the ceiling. When pulling the ropes yourself, it is necessary to maintain a distance of at least 20 cm between them for ventilation. But even these measures are not optimal.
Popular questions and answers
Technological progress does not stand still and offers a new solution for the problem of drying clothes after washing. Answers the questions of Healthy Food Near Me Yuri Kulygin, head of sales training for household appliances at Bosch.
With heated rods. They dry clothes with heat from heating elements inside tubes that look like metal rods. Such devices will cope even with the most difficult things (from thick fabric, complex cut). But in this way it is easy to dry the laundry – it will be much more difficult to smooth it out later.
Dryers with a cover, inside which warm air circulates, are equipped with electric heating elements and a fan. They have a timer and several operating modes that differ in drying temperature. The floor dryer with cover is compact, versatile and can be installed anywhere. But it will be necessary to allocate a place for it, and do all the settings for the air heating temperature manually, in accordance with the type of product. If the settings are incorrect, the drying result may not meet your expectations.
Special household dehumidifiers can help in this trouble. These devices condense water vapor, speeding up the drying of clothes and, at the same time, prevent the spread of mold. If the dwelling has high humidity, then a dehumidifier is not only suitable, but highly desirable.
It is desirable to install a fan that complements the exhaust duct of the standard ventilation system of the dwelling;
Mandatory installation of sockets in a design protected from splashes and condensate;
An electric circuit protection device (ELCB, current differential protection relay) will reliably protect against electric shock. This is an earth fault breaker that cuts power in no more than 1/40 of a second;
Wiring and connection of consumer devices must be carried out by a qualified person. Twisting, insulation damage, covered with electrical tape, is completely unacceptable.