What kind of heating can I install in my bathroom?

[bushbaby_de]

I live in a first floor flat with no gas connection. The only heating is provided by two economy 7 storage heaters, one in the lounge and one in the bedroom. My bathroom is FREEZING and the rest of the flat isn't exactly toasty!

The bathroom is a completely internal room with mechanical ventilation and no outside walls or windows. There is an alleged heated towel rail fitted but there was no fuse in it. I put the fuse in only to discover there is no on/off switch and the rail is so hot it can take your skin off at ten paces, so the fuse rapidly came back out of that! So I am left with a cold bathroom.

Can anyone please talk me through what kind of heating I could install in the bathroom, whether it would cause disruption or not (ie would I need to redecorate the room after) and the possible costs involved? I live in Berkshire so am aware I wil probably pay over the odds!

Thanks very much.

PS If there are any experts about, if you can give your advice on the pros/cons of panel heaters vs oil heaters to top up my lounge heating too? Thanks

[redcrx]

im not sure if wise, but in my flat i had a hot air fan heater wall mounted. It was there when i moved in and warmed the room up nicely in winter. Obviously it wasnt left on, just switched on 5 mins before i needed a warm bathroom.

It may not have been safe but the builders had also installed a light switch (not pull cord) and the flats fuse boxes and trip switches in said bathroom too lol

[redman41]

I think the best advice would be to get an Electrician to install a Pull Cord Electric Fan Heater. He may well be able to use the same Cabling that connects your heated Towel Rail.
redcrx !
I'm pretty sure that having Main Fuse Box and Trip Switches installed in a Bathroom is not only potentially lethal but illegal as well. I'm sure Buildersmate can enlighten the situation better than me, but the issue needs addressing ASAP.

[redcrx]

:) issue has been addressed. I complete on house sale on Friday.

Honestly, the person who converted a large building into flats did that.

The heater i have though, is a pull cord electric fan, redman.

[4getmenot]

which is what redman suggested isnt it?

[bushbaby_de]

Mine is a purpose built block of flats with a very 'active' management company so I have to do everything by the book - just trying to do it with the least hassle and outlay possible! Current thought is to get a plug in fan heater, plug it in the hallway and just point it in the bathroom door a few minutes before the shower! So after a better suggestion than that really!

[redman41]

Speak to your Management Company regarding installing a Pull Cord Bathroom Heater.If they charge you Service Charges for various Services that are provided, they may get an Electrician which they use for various other work to install one for you at Minimal Cost, but talk to them first.

[redcrx]

the pull cord heaters are legal, and arent too expensive to buy. You just need to have an electrician fit it maybe.

http://www.google.co....&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf

[bushbaby_de]

This may sound like a silly question but won't I end up with holes in my walls where the unit gets connected to the power supply?

[redcrx]

depending on what you want or what type of wall you have. Mine was a brick wall so i had conduit covering the wire to the socket at top of wall.

[SeaJayPea]

Why not get a switch fitted to the towel rail? I'm sure that'd be the cheapest way of dealing with it.

[carlton23]

I used to have a heater light/bulb which I found did the job very well, but I don`t know where you can get them now.

[bushbaby_de]

I think the towel heater has had it, given the uneven and frankly dangerous heat that parts of it reach. I think it must have been modified as I can't believe it would be sold without some kind of switch? Its a stud internal wall, hence my fears about damage! Think I might call a few local sparkies and see what they quote for a pull cord wall mounted fan heater jobby. Thanks for your help.