Material
Steel offers the lowest price tag compared to other materials, but it also offers the most diversity in terms of colour and style. Steel is malleable which allows towel rails to be efficient because they can be physically designed to better pass heat from the water inside to the space around them (this is a radiator's job after all, despite some thinking that its job is to store heat). The heat output is also good, the proof is in the pudding with this one - would steel be the most common radiator material if the heat output was rubbish? Steel is a highly durable material which is important as towel rails are going to be the victims of some knocks and bangs over time and you want them to withstand that.

Style
The Round tube style is slightly more modern option than Flat or Elliptical style tubes, with smooth seamless 22mm thick tubes. The powder painting gives the metal a perfectly even finish. Its easy to maintain and clean and delivers a good level of heat distribution. With these you get 1 row of protruding round tubes, making these perfect for drying and warming those large fluffy bath towels.

Heat Source
This central heating/hot water towel rail is one that is plumbed into your homes central heating system. Whether you have a Combi boiler, gravity fed (conventional) system or a system with a cylinder, you can install this heated towel rail.

Accessories
This towel rail has G1/2 connections at the base of either side of the towel rail and so the valves required will depend on your pipework (which is why they arent provided with the towel rail):

For pipework coming from the wall to the bottom of the rail, use angled or corner valves (angled, for a valve head that sticks out into the room and corner for a valve head thats tucked under the rail).
For pipework coming from the floor and up to the bottom of the rail, use straight valves.
There are a few different types of valves available for you to choose from: Manual Valves provide easy on/off control simply turn the valve by hand to allow the water from your central heating to pass through into the radiator or towel rail, just like a tap! These are commonly used with towel rails because of their ease, but that doesnt mean you have to choose manual unless your main boiler thermostat is located in your bathroom, which is unlikely. Thermostatic Valves provide multi temperature control of the radiators in your home saving energy and money! These valves have sensor mechanisms inside that shut off the flow of hot water to the radiator when the room temperature reached the desired level!

All of our towel rails are supplied with everything required to hang the rail on the wall (brackets & masonry fixings) as well as a chrome bleed valve and blanking plug for the top of the rail. For ultimate style we recommend you also purchase some colour matching pipe covers, either match the colour to the towel rail or the valves!