Bathroom / Bedroom Electrics

[emmacagain]

Hi,

I've moved this to electrics as I've not had any comments at all and thought maybe I posted it in the wrong topic originally!

My next project at home is to have a an en-suite in my bedroom. Yes literally. With the exception of the toilet everyting else will actually be in one half of my bedroom. I've planned it all out to scale and it all looks lovely but I've got a few concerns that I'm not sure about.

1. Clearly getting rid of steam will be a problem but I will have to fit an extraction fan over the shower area. The trouble is this is a party wall and the window is about 3 metres away. I was thinking about extracting up into the loft then on out of the roof. Any thoughts on whether this is possible - the steam would have to travel about 3-4 metres and i'm concerned it would condense and then drip back in....

2. What is the position regarding electrics? The room is very large and i don't want to have to have a pull cord of the bedroom light. Clearly I wont put the wrong type of lighting in the bathroom area but as its one room I wondered if this is illegal. And if it is does that matter? would it actually be dangerous???

3. Similarly I'd need plus points near the bed and dressing table (not on the bathroom side) - does this present problems?


Any thoughts?


Emma

 

[securespark]

If you have a shower cubicle in a bedroom, there must not be any power points within 2.5m of it. Except a shaver unit to BS 3535, earthed.

Any luminaires within 2.5m should be totally enclosed and if fitted with a switch, this must be a pullcord type.

Basically, I would use the same regs that apply to a seperate bathroom for this install, even though they are stricter. Better safe than sorry. And use RCD for sockets as well if not already.