Portable Bathroom Heaters - Both Effective And Energy Efficient

Fall and winter months can be brutal if your bathroom is cold. As if waking up in the pitch dark to get ready for school or work isn't bad enough, taking your morning wake-up shower in an icy cold bathroom doesn't make it any easier to start your day. An affordable, quick solution to your problem may be as simple as investing in a portable bathroom heater.

 A portable bathroom heater can offer energy efficient heat exactly where you want it just when you need it. You can turn this unit on, go make your morning coffee and return to a delightfully warmed bathroom.

There are many choices in bathroom heaters but many require significant investment of a few hundred dollars plus the cost of hiring a professional electrician to install the unit. If you are renting an apartment or home, your landlord may have strict policies about making permanent improvements to the space and disallow wall, ceiling or baseboard mounted units. So what's a guy or gal to do to get that snuggly bathroom you deserve?

A portable bathroom heater is an easy solution that you can start using tomorrow. Home improvement stores, discount retailers and on-line shopping offers easy options for you to obtain just the right heater for your needs. Many internet sites or discount retailers with on-line stores, offer discounts and even free shipping as incentives.

These portable bathroom heaters are very low cost, priced at just around $40 for a unit that has a built in thermostat and/or timer. These units plug into a standard wall outlet and weigh less than 10 pounds. Their portability is a key feature since when you are not using it to heat your bathroom, you can repurpose this heater to use in other rooms where you may need a boost in temperature like your basement or garage. Here's how they work - a portable bathroom heater plugs into your standard wall outlet.

You can set the temperature to your desired temperature. Most units have a dial that ranges from hot to cool setting while others may have a digital readout. Some units also have an oscillating feature that allows the fan to blow and the unit will move side to side for more even heat distribution.

When the heater senses that the room has reached the desired temperature, the heating mechanism will shut off, while the fan continues to blow and the units continues to oscillate. Holmes, Delonghi, and sunbeam are just a few of the popular brands of heaters.

 Portable bathroom heaters can help you cut down on your heating bill too. Why blast your forced air heating system just to heat up our bathroom for 30 minutes, when you can turn on this portable unit to heat just the space that you need for the time that you need.

 New home or old, bathrooms can get cold for a variety of reasons. Tile is naturally cold and bathrooms are surrounded in it. Add other popular surfaces like granite or marble which are also cold surfaces. If you have windows or skylights in your bathroom, glass is a poor insulator and allows heat to escape more easily. Poor insulation in walls can contribute to drafts and heat loss as well.

Warm up your bathroom quickly, easily and inexpensively today by using a portable bathroom heater. Gerrard Furman is a carpenter and home renovation expert. One of his specialties is bathroom redesign and he loves to research and write about the latest technology in bathroom heaters, including both portable bathroom heaters as well as, bathroom heaters wall mounted design. Visit his site anytime for some great ideas and inspiration.