Is a towel radiator mandatory?

I currently have 21°C in the office with about 0°C outside temperature and the flow temperature is set to 24°C. But at least we have a controlled residential ventilation system with heat recovery that is always on, and we hardly ever ventilate manually. The heating curve fits all temperatures, it always stays pretty much exactly the same warm, even when it is colder/warmer. The bathrooms (which is the topic here) are at the same temperature, even the small guest bathroom with a shower on the ground floor is not colder (but also not warmer of course). For me, my wife, and the children this is enough because the air becomes warm enough from showering/bathing so that you don't have to freeze. We actually don't need a towel dryer, the towels dry (maybe due to the controlled residential ventilation, as there is exhaust air in the bathrooms) fast enough; maybe when we get old there will be an infrared heater added, but that will still take a long time..

Our planner (from the GU) mentioned, by the way, that the towel radiator is connected to the underfloor heating and is currently not electric. That means it does not get warmer than the underfloor heating, so about 30 - 35°? We can have the heating upgraded with a 600 W electric heating rod for about 300,-, but we are not allowed to remove it. Apparently, one should theoretically be able to reach 24°, and for that an additional towel radiator is necessary.

Hi Tecker

The heating element in a flowing-through radiator makes no sense, as the generated heat immediately flows away.


Olli

Only that the heating rarely has a supply temperature of 30° C or even 35° C (or should have). If you insist on foregoing the towel radiator, it can of course be omitted – I would seriously have another look at the planner for that. If you want to have it, that is of course also okay – it doesn't break anything; it just costs money and collects dust.

What does "staubt rum" mean, I mean we practically find it and also find it pleasant when the bath towels are nicely pre-warmed...

, what does it mean that you rarely have 30 degrees flow temperature? I guess many have around 30 degrees flow temperature at sub-zero temperatures, without wanting to argue about 1-2 degrees...

As I said, a lot of personal taste; with us it would gather dust because we would be a bit careless there. The thing doesn't cost the world anyway. Possible at -7°C, but that is at most 2-3 weeks a year.