bathroom heat
We are currently renovating a bathroom that is in the middle of our house. It has no heat source. It used to get some heat from a steam riser, but that is now framed into the wall. We thought about putting in a heat/vent combo, but it won’t fit between the joists. Now we are…
We are currently renovating a bathroom that is in the middle of our house. It has no heat source. It used to get some heat from a steam riser, but that is now framed into the wall. We thought about putting in a heat/vent combo, but it won’t fit between the joists. Now we are considering radiant heat. It would cost $1250 and ordering and installing it would delay things by a few days. My question is, is it worth it? Will my bathroom be cold without it? Since I don’t plan to leave this house, maybe it is not that much money, but I have applied this logic to so many decisions that I am way over-budget already!
I have a heat pipe that I covered with sheetrock and tile in my bathroom too. I’m thinking of cutting a hole in the wall and installing a vent to let heat in. I did this while renovating a rental bathroom recently and though a bit odd, it works well and saves having to install another heater or heat lamp.
In my bathroom I installed a $100 Braun metal mesh heater with a fan on the ceiling which is meant for work spaces and lookes very industrial. I put a timer on the wall so it can’t be left on too long and start a fire. The whole thing with installation only cost a few hundred bucks but isn’t great.
Live and learn, I guess.
“It makes some noise. But is has to be pretty cheap to buy and install. ”
i have the same thing in my kitchen. it cost about $300.
runs right off my hot water system.
Our contractor put a fan with a heating element that fits into the base of the sink cabinet. There is a thermostat which controls it. On cold days, we turn it on when we get into the shower and when we are finished, the bathroom is nice and warm (it really takes only a couple minutes to take the chill out of the room). It makes some noise. But is has to be pretty cheap to buy and install.
I had a hotel room where the bathroom had radiant floor heat and it was great, until I went into the shower, which was freezing since that area was not heated.
How about one of those electric convection wall panels that you can paint the same color as your walls?
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The bathroom is on the ground floor so it has no skylight.
I don’t know how the cost is split up between materials and installation, but I trust the electrician not to be ripping me off. But now that I think about it, I wonder if it includes the shower floor. I hope it does, since that is about 1/2 the floor space of the room.
I don’t know why I feel like this is the hardest decision I’ve made yet in this project!
We had electric radiant heat installed in a 3rd floor kids bathroom and once we turned it on, the electric bills shot through the roof. I never even noticed when it was on. Now we have it turned off permanently, and haven’t missed it on bit. Plus we have a skylight and its still not noticeably cold in the winter….
We had electric radiant heat installed in a 3rd floor kids bathroom and once we turned it on, the electric bills shot through the roof. I never even noticed when it was on. Now we have it turned off permanently, and haven’t missed it on bit. Plus we have a skylight and its still not noticeably cold in the winter….
Electric radiant actually heats the whole bathroom and not just the tiles? I was reading up on it and they didn’t recommend electric for heating, but maybe that’s a larger room. How much of that price is installation and how much is materials?
That price seems pretty high to me. We put electric radiant heat in our bathroom and it was no more than $600. We didn’t have much floor space, really just a standard brownstone bathroom. No need to heat under the tub, so we just used a couple of mats. But it kicks out plenty of heat when you need it.