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My house has been signed off to 16th edition around a year and a half ago.
The CU has an RCD protected MCB marked "SHOWER". This feeds an existing electric shower in the bathroom.
There is a dedicated feed run from the CU to a junction box in the loft in 6 sq mm (or similar size I cannot recall). There is then a run in from the junction box in the loft to the electric shower in the bathroom in the same size cable.
The electric shower is soon to be removed as part of a bathroom revamp. I am installing a Stuart Truner pump in the airing cupboard as a presurising system to a mixer shower valve in the bathroom (which requires no electric power).
As a homeowner, am I permittted to:-
1. Remove the existing electric shower from the bathroom wall and remove the cable that runs from the electric shower to the junction box that is in the loft??
2. Can I replace the existing junction box in the loft with a Fused Connection unit with a suitable fuse rating for the shower pump and then make a new run of 2.5 sq mm to the shower which is to be installed in the airing cupboard.
This proposal will mean the existing MCB marked "SHOWER" will be protecting a run of 6mm to the Fused Connection Unit, then I will have a Fused Connection Unit with small fuse protecting a run of 2.5mm to the new shower pump.
If I cannot do the above as a homeowner how can I decomission the existing shower circuit?
Many Thanks
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My house has been signed off to 16th edition around a year and a half ago.
The CU has an RCD protected MCB marked "SHOWER". This feeds an existing electric shower in the bathroom.
There is a dedicated feed run from the CU to a junction box in the loft in 6 sq mm (or similar size I cannot recall). There is then a run in from the junction box in the loft to the electric shower in the bathroom in the same size cable.
The electric shower is soon to be removed as part of a bathroom revamp. I am installing a Stuart Truner pump in the airing cupboard as a presurising system to a mixer shower valve in the bathroom (which requires no electric power).
As a homeowner, am I permittted to:-
1. Remove the existing electric shower from the bathroom wall and remove the cable that runs from the electric shower to the junction box that is in the loft??
2. Can I replace the existing junction box in the loft with a Fused Connection unit with a suitable fuse rating for the shower pump and then make a new run of 2.5 sq mm to the shower which is to be installed in the airing cupboard.
This proposal will mean the existing MCB marked "SHOWER" will be protecting a run of 6mm to the Fused Connection Unit, then I will have a Fused Connection Unit with small fuse protecting a run of 2.5mm to the new shower pump.
If I cannot do the above as a homeowner how can I decomission the existing shower circuit?
Many Thanks
Need Help21