Combi boiler in bathroom

[Fallout]

Is the old zone 3 now called zone 2 then ? Or has it all changed?

 

[GavThePlumber]

Ideal will email you back later and tell you, you can fit a doorbell to it and mount it on the front of your house

 

[JohnW2]

Is the old zone 3 now called zone 2 then ? Or has it all changed?

With one exception, there is now nothing specifically forbidden 'outside of the zones (0, 1 and 2) (i.e. >600 mm from bath/shower or >2.25m above floor), although everything must be 'suitable for the location'. Th one exception is that sockets must be at least 3m from the outer boundary of Zone 2 (hence impossible in all but the largest of bathrooms).

Kind Regards, John

 

[riveralt]

Dropped = ceased to exist (in 2008, when current regs came into force).

I guess this is startling news to some people.

 

[JohnW2]

Dropped = ceased to exist (in 2008, when current regs came into force).

I guess this is startling news to some people.

You're probably right - but, to be fair, ISTR that it took about 4 years for the forum's wiki to find out about this

Kind Regards, John

 

[Fallout]

Anyone got a link to a diagram of the new zoning bathroom layout ?

 

[Fallout]

Or is it just zone 0 is in the bath zone 1 above it and zone two within 0.6 of the bath or shower. And everything out side this is un restricted which used to be called zone 3?

 

[EFLImpudence]

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:speclcn:bathroom_zones

Zone three was to 3m from the bath then it was outside.
Now past zone 2 is outside.

Sockets were only allowed outside zone 3, now are not allowed within 3m of bath so in effect nothing has changed apart from the name.

It's not supposed to make sense.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

ISTR that it took about 4 years for the forum's wiki to find out about this

You were free at any time to bring it up to date.

 

[JohnW2]

ISTR that it took about 4 years for the forum's wiki to find out about this

You were free at any time to bring it up to date.

I was, indeed, as was every other forum member ... which I suppose rather underlines my point!

Kind Regards, John

 

[Rileyfinn]

Is it still classed as outside of the zones (0, 1 and 2) (i.e. over 600 mm from bath/shower

If you were to position a boiler at the foot off the bath over 600mm from the end off the bath, but were the bath as a shower over it as the screen doesn't extend all the way around the showering area.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Is it still classed as outside of the zones (0, 1 and 2) (i.e. over 600 mm from bath/shower)

More than 600mm from the bath (in a vertical plane) is outside the zones.

If you were to position a boiler at the foot off the bath over 600mm from the end off the bath, but were the bath as a shower over it as the screen doesn't extend all the way around the showering area.

It is unlikely that a shower would be at this 'open' end of the bath but electrically it would be allowed (as fixed current-using equipment) with the proviso that the manufacturer will probably state that this is an unsuitable environment for their boiler.

 

[Rileyfinn]

The shower would be at the other end of the bath but is it ok as the screen on a bath doesn't go all the way around the showering area like a shower cubical screen would.

 

[JohnW2]

The shower would be at the other end of the bath but is it ok as the screen on a bath doesn't go all the way around the showering area like a shower cubical screen would.

I don't really understand. The screen is not relevant - Zone 2 ends 600mm horizontally from the edges of a bath or shower tray, whether there are screens or not.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Rileyfinn]

Thanks I just wondered if they took in to account spray from the shower if wasn't a full screen.