looknohands
New Member
Hi,
I am about to solder my copper waterlines in a new bathroom, and I'm considering routing the shower's hot-water supply line behind the bathroom mirror so it's automatically heated whenever someone takes a shower. I know that there are electric heating pads that can do the same, i.e. prevent the mirror from fogging up, but this bathroom will not be used for showering much, so I prefer heating the mirror only when necessary.
I am wondering how many turns the hot water line should make behind the mirror, how close the line should be behind the glass, whether I should put something like an aluminum reflective material behind the water line to direct as much of the heat towards the mirror as possible, and so forth.
I'd love to hear of any experiences with this.
- Erik
I am about to solder my copper waterlines in a new bathroom, and I'm considering routing the shower's hot-water supply line behind the bathroom mirror so it's automatically heated whenever someone takes a shower. I know that there are electric heating pads that can do the same, i.e. prevent the mirror from fogging up, but this bathroom will not be used for showering much, so I prefer heating the mirror only when necessary.
I am wondering how many turns the hot water line should make behind the mirror, how close the line should be behind the glass, whether I should put something like an aluminum reflective material behind the water line to direct as much of the heat towards the mirror as possible, and so forth.
I'd love to hear of any experiences with this.
- Erik