Underfloor heating.

[Mjsanders]

Turns out our underfloor heating was attached to the kitchen lighting circuit - which explains why the breaker was tripping!!

Is there any reason why I can't re-connect it via a spur off a socket, if I run a spur from a socket to a fused isolator switch and then onto the heating controller?

Obviously I'm confident in my wiring abilities but want to make sure I'm inside the regs.

Many thanks.

 

[Taylortwocities]

You can do that, but please check that the circuit you will be spurring from is RCD protected. I'm wondering if the lighting circuit has an RCD?

 

[Mjsanders]

Thank you for that.

The lighting circuit had a breaker on it but is not on the RCD side of the board. The kitchen sockets (where I will take the spur from) are on the RCD side.

Spark who came today was pretty amazed that anyone would do such a thing.

Thank you once again.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Spark who came today was pretty amazed that anyone would do such a thing.

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Me too! WHy didn't you get the spark to sort out the spur for you?

 

[Mjsanders]

Because he was on a time rate of £65/hr and their to investigate a earth leak the Boiler installer noticed - which we reckon is a small earth leak from the dishwashers or computers as he couldn't see anything to worry about. The Kitchen sockets are through the RCD which he tested with a Megger unit.

 

[SimonH2]

Thought …
If the controls are outside the bathroom (as is usually the case), and the heating wire is underneath the floor, does this make it outside the zones of a bathroom - and therefore not notifiable work ?
Clearly there is a strong case for making sure it's tested by someone competent given the danger of wet bodies, bare wet feet, earthed plumbing, and so on - but still not notifiable ?