Emtek Wrought Steel Towel Bar

Four bar lengths are offered: 12, 18, 24 and 30 inches. The 12 inch works as a hand towel bar next to a vanity or inside a powder room, 18 and 24 inch are the common single-vanity sizes, and 30 inch suits a double vanity or a tub wall. Every length is available in both finishes and all three rosette styles.

The rosette is the wall-mounted post and backplate the bar sits in, and Emtek offers it in three designs, #1, #2 and #3, across the Wrought Steel range. The bar itself is the same; the rosette is what sets the visual style. Pick the rosette that matches the Wrought Steel knobs, levers or other bath accessories already going into the space, then specify that same number for every piece so the room reads as one set.

The Delaney Congaree 200 Series 24 inch towel bar set and the Orca Hardware Camano 24 inch towel bar set are both sold as complete 24 inch towel bar sets, matching the 24 inch width the Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar offers. The Emtek is a steel bar offered in 12, 18, 24 and 30 inch widths with a choice of three rosette styles, so if the rosette selection is what you need, the Emtek is the one that carries it; the Congaree and Camano sets come in their own single series design.

The Sure-Loc Baden and Sure-Loc Boulder towel bars are each offered in 18 inch, 24 inch and 30 inch, which lines up with three of the four widths the Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar carries. The Emtek additionally offers a 12 inch width for a short wall or powder room, and is a steel bar in the Wrought Steel collection, so the choice between them comes down to the design family you are matching.

Yes. Deltana offers several solid brass towel bars: the 55D2002/18 in 18 inch from the 55D Series, the BBN2002/18 in 18 inch from the BBN Series, the 98C2002/18 Classic in 18 inch, and the 88TB12 in 12 inch from the 88 Series. The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar is a steel bar in the Wrought Steel collection with a rustic look, so if the specification calls for solid brass construction the Deltana bars are the ones to quote.

The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar is offered in a 30 inch width in both Flat Black Steel and Satin Steel with any of the three rosette styles. Among comparable bars, the Sure-Loc Brighton is a 30 inch towel bar, and the Sure-Loc Baden and Boulder are each offered in 18, 24 or 30 inch. If the 30 inch run is the requirement, those are the ones to quote against.

Projection is 2-1/4 inches from the finished wall. That matters in a tight powder room or where the bar goes on a wall beside a swinging door or shower door, since the towel itself will hang out further than the bar. Check your door swing clearance against that 2-1/4 inch figure before you set the post locations.

Two: Flat Black Steel (FBS) and Satin Steel (SWS). Flat Black is the matte blacksmith look that pairs with black plumbing trim and dark iron door hardware; Satin Steel reads as a warmer grey-silver. Both run across the whole Wrought Steel bath line, so you can match a towel bar to the rest of the suite in one finish code.

It is classified as residential bath hardware, so it is aimed at homes, model units and apartment bathrooms rather than high-traffic public restrooms. For a commercial washroom that sees constant use and needs to take abuse, specify a commercial-grade bath accessory line instead. For a multi-family unit bathroom or a boutique hospitality guest bath, this line is the sort of decorative hardware commonly used.

For a traditional solid brass bar, Deltana offers the 55D Series 18 inch (55D2002/18), the 98C Series Classic 18 inch, the 88 Series 12 inch and the BBN Series 18 inch. Orca Hardware has decorative sets including the 36 Series Swirl and the Camano 24 inch. Sure-Loc's Baden, Boulder and Basic bars cover simpler transitional profiles, with Baden and Boulder offered in 18, 24 and 30 inch. Delaney's Congaree 200, Acadia 900, Cascade 300 and Denali 1100 rounds out the range. None of those carry the forged Wrought Steel look, so if you are matching Emtek Wrought Steel door hardware, stay in the Emtek line.

The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar is ordered as a complete bar by width and rosette style, so there is no bar-only or post-only line under it. If you are replacing one piece on an existing installation, the Delaney Cascade 300 Series is sold as a towel bar only in a square profile, and the Delaney Denali 1100 Series is sold as a towel bar post only. Those component orders only work if the existing hardware is from the matching Delaney series.

The Sure-Loc Basic towel bar is the plainest option among the comparable bars, a single Basic series design with no rosette choice to specify. The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar requires you to pick a width, a finish in Flat Black Steel or Satin Steel, and one of three rosette styles, which is useful when you are matching a decorative package and extra decisions when you are not.

The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar is designated residential, so it is intended for homes, multi-family units and hospitality guest baths rather than high-traffic public restrooms. Among the comparable decorative bars, the Delaney Acadia 900 Series, Orca Hardware 36 Series Swirl and Orca Hardware 48 Series Blakely towel bar sets are the same class of residential-style bath hardware, so none of them changes that picture; a public restroom specification typically calls for a dedicated commercial washroom accessory line.

That is the intent. The Wrought Steel line sits in Emtek's Rustic Living styling, with a hand-forged blacksmith look, and it is sold as a coordinated bath hardware series so the towel bar, rosette style and finish can be carried through the room. In Flat Black Steel it lines up with black iron door hardware and matte black faucets.

Not a direct match in look. The Orca Hardware 27 Series is a Cypress series towel bar set, and the Orca 36 Series is a Swirl series set, both their own decorative designs. The Emtek Wrought Steel towel bar belongs to the Wrought Steel collection with a rustic styling and offers three distinct rosette profiles plus Flat Black Steel and Satin Steel finishes, so it is the one to specify when you are matching other Emtek Wrought Steel bath pieces on the same job.