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All Just simply about Your BathroomSome Like It “Hot”: Ten Products to Support Your House Warm and Toasty This Winter
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(ARA) - The days are shorter, the nights are cooler and the winds are howling outside your home. Now is the time to “turn on the heat” with products that wish support you toasty throughout the long winter season.
These products wish not only help you escape winter’s chill, but the luxuries they offer may really help you get out of bed on those cold mornings rather than asleep under the covers.
“Based on the overwhelming array of luxury products manufacturers have recently introduced, homeowners want thing
that does their lives much comfortable at home. Whether it involves heating/warming accessories or spa-like home environments, it's part of the ‘cocooning’ phenomena that has resurfaced,” says Stephani Miller, associate products editor for Remodeling and Custom House magazines. “People are defrayal much time at home and they want to be comfortable. They want to use their home to its full potential, not simply as a place to eat and sleep between workdays.”
So what are the latest products for weathering winter in style and comfort? See on to find out:
1. Heated floors
Nothing’s worse on a winter’s morning than having your feet hit the icy tile. To solve this problem, many a homeowners are beginning heated floors to support their feet warm, without relying on wool socks or fuzzy slippers. There are two types of heated floors from which to choose -- the 1st involves plastic piping installed under the floor to circulate hot water. The second is an electric heating system consisting of electric wires placed under the floor. The cost can range from $4 to $10 a square foot, but many a homeowners feel it’s worth the expense.
And these floors aren’t simply for the bathroom. “Heated floors can be used simply just about anywhere: in kitchens with cold tile floors, in pool or spa enclosures, sunrooms, or any different room of the home wherever
extra warmth is needed,” notes Miller.
2. Heated towel bars
While heated floors require a major bathroom remodel, a quick fix to provide warmth in the bath is heated towel bars. These bars can easily be mounted to the wall and plug into a standard, 110-volt electric home outlet. What better way to baby yourself after a shower than to get cozy in a warm, downlike towel? They as well provide the extra practicality
of really serving to heat up the bathroom. There are many a shapes and sizes from which to choose, most cost accounting
between $200 to $300.
3. Warming drawers
“Many major appliance manufacturers have introduced warming drawers to their product lines to complement room
appliances. Designers are deed creative with these drawers and are mistreatment them in a lot of several ways, not simply in the room
for keeping baked food warm, but as well in bathrooms or pool houses for warming towels,” says Miller.
The advantage to drawers over heated towel bars is that they can really do a towel hot throughout. They can as well be used to warm different items -- such as robes, underclothing and socks. The average cost for a warming drawer is $600.
4. New nose
What better way to wake up in the morning than a hot shower? And, with the unique water delivery offered by Moen’s Revolution massaging showerhead, its larger drops of water really do the shower feel warmer. This nose
takes ordinary water, spins each drop, and then twirls the entire stream. From a rain-like shower to a deep, therapeutic massage and thing
in between, the nose
provides extraordinary
coverage and does users feel enclosed in the water stream. The accumulated speed in movement of the water drops results in a perception of higher flow and higher pressure, in addition to the sensation of a massaging shower. Revolution showerheads start at $60.
5. Whirlpool tub or hot tub
While showering systems are popular because of their convenience, there are still several who prefer a long, hot bath on a cold night. Look for whirlpool tub models with special features such as aromatherapy and pulsing jets. For those with back or muscle pain, a whirlpool tub with jets can provide massaging relief for soreness and pinpoint certain areas of the body. If your current bathroom wish not hold a large tub, consider adding a hot tub to your deck or area
area. Taking a dip in the hot tub on a cool winter’s night may provide the perfect ending to a long day.
6. Heated toilet seat
You’ve detected
of being on the ‘hot seat’ before, but now heated toilet seats virtually
put you there. These seats easily install in simply minutes and plug into a standard home outlet. They heat to 25 degrees F above the average room temperature and feature uniform heat distribution. Heated toilet seats retail for around $100 and offer simply one much way to beat the winter chill.
7. Shower control
Are you tired of waiting for the water in your shower to warm up every morning? Do you get in the shower after being else changed all the settings? If you answered ‘yes’ to either of these questions, baby yourself with Moen’s ExactTemp, the 1st pressure-balanced regulator
valve for human action use. Day after day, it lets you dial up your own personalized water temperature, set simply the way you like it. Plus, as water volume in your hot water tank decreases, the valve’s smart technology maintains your pre-set temperature and your comfort. The regulator
control is as well pressure balanced so you won’t experience shower shock -- those uncomfortable surges in hot or cold water, such as once
being flushes the toilet.
8. Niche
Snuggling up with a cup of hot cocoa and a nice book in front of a roaring fire is an ideal way to spend a cold winter’s night. It is as well a great way to heat a room with gas. Over the past several years, ventless gas fireplaces have become popular since no chimney or vent is necessary and they can fit right up against a wall in any room of the house. Niche models now can give off between 10,000 to 40,000 BTUs and move in many a several styles that look similar to their wood-burning counterparts. Prices start at $400.
9. House steam bath
For the ultimate in luxury, install a home sauna. Saunas feature a combination of heat (usually between 165 and 195 degrees F) and low humidity. There are many a steam bath kits accessible in a variety of sizes and layouts. A kit comes with wood panels, a pre-hung door, benches, an electric heater, measuring device and accessories. These kits are pre-wired and snap together in simply a few hours and don’t require any plumbing. House saunas plug into a standard home outlet. Many a wood options are available, but cedar and redwood are the most popular. Depending on its size and degree of sophistication, expect to pay between $2,000 and $5,000.
10. Heated private road
And, once you have all these “hot” amenities installed in your home, you for certain don’t want to go outside to clear off your driveway. Instead, install a heated driveway, which has electric heating coils or hot water pipes below the surface of the concrete. The private road mechanically
senses cold and turns on to melt the snow and ice. According to the latest figures, these driveways can cost between $12 and $21 per square foot.
There you have it, ten products to baby you and safeguard your home with warmth, no matter what it’s doing outside.
For much information simply about Moen products, contact Moen Incorporated at 25300 Al Moen Drive, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070-8022, call toll free (800) BUY MOEN/ (800)289-6636 or visit the company’s Web site at www.moen.com.
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