Heated towel rails

**Delta** · 14-Jun-21, 10:24 AM

Morning guys.

I must install several heated towel rails in a few bathrooms.
1 is RIGHT NEXT TO A BATH.

How legal are these things?
The thought that you can be in the bath and touch the rail concerns me.
Will put on ELU.
What else?

Any thoughts

**AndyD** · 14-Jun-21, 10:34 AM

There's very specific rules around electrical installations in bathrooms, read the regulations regarding electrical zones around baths.

**Delta** · 14-Jun-21, 12:03 PM

If I do not include on coc and state in an additional page that it is not included would that be safe for me?

Or is that bad practice.. Or acceptable?

**GCE** · 14-Jun-21, 04:31 PM

If you exclude parts of the electrical installation than the certificate is not valid.

If you look at the regs around the zoning of a bath , yes you can fit a heater towel rail above the bath in zone 1 subject to the conditions listed in Table 7.1

We were once asked if you could fit a heater towel rail in a shower and when we looked at dimensions , we could legally fit it .Was a bit bigger than a normal shower.

**Delta** · 14-Jun-21, 06:19 PM

OK thanks
Will whip out the regs book tonight and have a squizz thanks

**ians** · 15-Jun-21, 08:52 AM

I am busy with 2 heated towel rail installations ... they can be fitted next to the bath ... you just need to make sure you read the conditions as per the regs.

**Delta** · 15-Jun-21, 12:25 PM

Checked my regs book.
Will fall into zone 2.
Onky problem is where do I put the isolator as it's a fixed appliance.
No ceiling in this particular bathroom.
An isolator mounted on tiles will look ugly.

**ians** · 15-Jun-21, 01:37 PM

I have used a 6 way 4x4 grid plate ... 3 x 20 amp D/P isolators (2 x heated towel rails and 1 x Xfan) on the bottom row and 3 light switches on the top row.

You can use a 4x 2 ... but it beomes a little tight with all the wires in and out.

The rules state with 1.5 m ... but once again ... a little common sense tells me its better to have the isolators on the light switch than in the bathroom ... a note on the COC ... justifying my logic.

**GCE** · 14-Mar-23, 02:57 PM

I was involved with having to answer a query over heated towel rails which often crops up .
I am attaching a document below which will assist with future queries

**Isetech** · 14-Mar-23, 04:06 PM

I dont know that I would be happy with someone installing a heated towel rail in my shower cubicle ;(

Originally Posted by GCE

I was involved with having to answer a query over heated towel rails which often crops up .
I am attaching a document below which will assist with future queries