Electric radiator connection

[5oysterman2]

Looking to get an electric radiator to fit in the downstairs toilet room(not bought yet)
Is it possible for it to be hardwired using the single socket, if so what's the correct/best way.


The single socket is on a ring main & i assume i could change the single to a double & put cable from radiator through wall & put a plug on. Just thinking if it's hardwired it would look neater in my eyes.

Doing something like this, can a diyer do it or would i need a qualified sparky brought in. Hope it all makes sense, many thanks

 

[flameport]

FCU in toilet, cable from that through wall into back of the existing socket.

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Could be surface or flush mounted.

 

[ericmark]

A toilet is not a special location, depending on where in the UK you live bathrooms, shower rooms, kitchens and outside can be special locations needing notification.

A scheme member electrician can notify through his scheme so do it cheaper, but there is no set qualification to be an electrician, so if you do electrical work you are an electrician.

Size matters, a tube heater can be just 250 watt, or even lower, and Myson make fan assisted electric heaters where the central heating water does the heating, the electric only works a fan.

The fan heater can be mounted any height, other wise to heat it needs to be low down, except for inferred which heats your body not the air.

Combined lights and inferred were popular at one time, or simply use tungsten bulbs.

Our toilet is used a lot so always heated, about only room heated 24/7 but in the flat under main house hardly used so we want option to turn on/off.

So there is no single answer.

 

[5oysterman2]

FCU in toilet, cable from that through wall into back of the existing socket.

13A Switched Fused Spur White - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.com. Square-edged. Supplied with fixing screws and installation instructions. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute.

www.screwfix.com

Could be surface or flush mounted.

What size cable 2.5mm or 1.5mm. Don't think radiator will be above 1KW

 

[flameport]

Same size as used for the rest of the circuit which is probably 2.5mm².
Smaller might comply, but it's usual to keep the same size throughout a circuit.

 

[JohnW2]

A toilet is not a special location, depending on where in the UK you live bathrooms, shower rooms, kitchens and outside can be special locations needing notification.

Just to be clear, in case any readers don't know this....

Work "in kitchens and outside' is only notifiable in Wales. In both England and Wales, some work in rooms containing a bath or shower is notifiable, but only if the work is within the 'designated zones' (essentially within 600 mm of bath/shower and <2.25 mm above finished floor level). Hence work on ceiling lights in bathrooms is often not notifiable (if ceiling is >2.25m above FFL). In neither country is work notifiable in a room containing only a WC + basin (or anything else which is not a 'bath or shower)

Kind Regards, John