Replacing your bathroom accessories

Bathroom accessories provide the finishing touches to any new bath project. Whether you are looking for ultra-modern wall mounted accessories or more traditional counter top accessories; towel bars, soap dish, toilet paper holder, and so forth, which ties together the room’s design elements.

Updating the Look of Your Bath is Quick & Simple. No matter the type of accessory; it needs to be fastened securely to the wall. Plastic inserts are driven into a hole drilled in the wall and expand when a screw is inserted; they’re best for light-duty applications. Try to attach at least one mounting screw of an accessory to a wall stud. Bathroom accessories can be installed in less than two hours.

To make sure your bath looks organized and clutter-free, use your best judgment in determining the proper number or bathroom accessories for your bath. Once you have determined your style, you should then take accurate measurements of your bath. A general rule is two-to-three counter accessories, such as a toothbrush holder, cup holder and soap dish. Read more…

Choose bathroom fixtures to complement your bathroom project

Bathroom fixtures perform the functions for which a bathroom is built. Updating your bathroom fittings can turn your plain, outdated bathroom into a room you can be proud of for less expense than replacing the fixtures.

Each fixture should be carefully selected to best meet the needs of the intended users. It should also be located in the bath or toilet room in a location that facilitates its use. Find advice on selecting fixtures, articles on quality and design, and information on companies that manufacture bath fixtures for use in your home. Read more…

Home Lighting – with planning, You can get more light into your bathroom.

Generally, bathrooms are the smallest rooms in the house.  This makes it a challenge to bring in more light.  You don’t want to sacrifice privacy but you will want enough light to brighten the room.

If possible, create your plan before your house is built if you a working on a new home.  If the bathroom is located on the south side of the house, it will get the most daylight.  From sunup to sundown, the light will reach your room.

Try to plan for larger windows.  The design of the room will determine if this is possible.  If the exterior walls don’t have the fixtures located on them, you can possibly have a larger area available for windows.  While you will pay more for larger windows in the beginning, you will save over time by using less electricity for lighting the area.

You can use overhead windows such as skylights to brighten the area without losing the privacy you desire.  If you can locate windows at opposite angles, you will have cross lighting.  Floor to ceiling windows or doors give so much daylight.  If you use glass blocks or acrylic blocks, you won’t loose the privacy you desire. Read more…

Electric Wall Heater for Fast Affordable Heating

When the weather gets chilly and you want to quickly warm up a room, the perfect answer is to use an electric wall heater. Just switch on one of these slim line low wattage panel heaters for fast, economical heating just where you want it anywhere in your home or business premises. Wall heaters are ideal to warming up living rooms, offices, dens, and bedrooms.

They can be freestanding or wall mounted. You can attach feet to allow them to stand upright while for mounting, installation is a snap via a mounting kit which comes along with your heater. In either case, you just need a convenient power point to plug into and you’re ready to go. No need for ducts, flues or gas lines.

However if you plan to install your heater in a bathroom, you have to follow IEE regulations which basically stipulate that a heater in a bathroom must be out of the reach of anyone using a bath or shower. Freestanding units may not be used in a bathroom. Read more…