Electrics In Bathroom?

[joec1985]

Hi. I am getting the current bathroom which is downstairs plumbed into an empty room upstairs. The room has a double electric outlet. I asked the spark about this and he said it was fine but I'm but not convinced. I would ideally like to be able to plug in things like an electric toothbrush and shaver and was wondering if there is something I can buy which would replace the current outlet to one in which I can plug things into. Also the room has a standard light switch which I'm guessing would be a hazard. I am going to get some down lighters fitted so would I need to get the switched replaced with a pull cord or one of those touch switches? Thanks in advance

 

[endecotp]

Hi. I am getting the current bathroom which is downstairs plumbed into an empty room upstairs. The room has a double electric outlet. I asked the spark about this and he said it was fine

Where did you find this "electrician"?
IIRC, sockets must be more than 3m from any bath or shower - which is unlikely in all but the most enormous bathrooms.

 

[david baldrey]

endecotp is spot on.... BS7671 states no socket within 3m of zone 1 (a bath) and even if you can exceed that distance the circuit must have 30mA RCD protection. Find a new electrician!!

 

[Taylortwocities]

Nice scan @david baldrey
To save you doing this in future (and risking copyright issues) most of the common questions are answered in the WIKI
like this //www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:bathroom_zones

 

[muffking]

Presumably this only applies within the bath room as I have a socket on the walls to the adjacent bedrooms?

Am I also right to assume that moving a shaver point and adding an electric shower are notifiable?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Presumably this only applies within the bath room as I have a socket on the walls to the adjacent bedrooms?

Yes. Bathroom is within the limits of the walls and the door.

Am I also right to assume that moving a shaver point and adding an electric shower are notifiable?

Absolutely too right. You'll need to make sure your electrician is a registered member of one of the schemes so he can notify the work.

 

[JohnW2]

Am I also right to assume that moving a shaver point and adding an electric shower are notifiable?

Installing a new electric shower would certainly be notifiable (and may well involve instyalling a new circuit, which would itself be notifiable). However, moving a shaver point (or even installing a new one) would only be notifiable (in England) if it was within 600mm of a bath or shower.

Kind Regards, John

 

[securespark]

Dayum, bruvva! Ya beat me to it!

 

[joec1985]

Thanks guys! What about in terms of the wall light switch will it have to be removed and replaced with a pull cord?

 

[JohnW2]

Thanks guys! What about in terms of the wall light switch will it have to be removed and replaced with a pull cord?

Not necessarily. Despite common beliefs, there is no requirement for a pullcord switch. However, the switch generally needs to be at least 600mm from a bath or shower.

Kind Regards, John

 

[just pumps]

Does the same 600mm rule apply to a fused spur just above the skirting board guys? Thinking about macerators here where to me the fused spur is to close to the toilet pan or basin.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Toilet pans and basins don't count; just baths, showers and other similar things.

 

[JohnD]

The measurements are taken from the floor footprint of the bath and shower tray.

edit
too slow!

Diagram included on page 2
http://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-matters/26/bathrooms.cfm?type=pdf

 

[just pumps]

So in a small-ish bathroom where the bath or shower, basin & the toilet all go through a macerator is a fused spur allowed in the room at skirting board height? I`m thinking it`s ok high up the wall below the ceiling.

 

[Iggifer]

You need to look at the zone diagram, and then measure it out. That's the only way you can get a definitive answer.

If it can't go inside, then no reason it couldn't go on the wall outside the bathroom