Currently renovating bathroom, and have found two electrical sockets. They were both inside cupboards/cabinets, but regardless of whether that was allowed or not, the cabinets are now gone so I need to get the sockets out of the bathroom. Luckily enough I have been able to just pull them under the floor and fix them on the other side of the bathroom walls.
However, I will need power in the bathroom for an electric towel rail and my understanding is that I can take a fused spur off one of these and bring it into the bathroom for the heated towel rail. The towel rail has its own built in IP rated switch and the whole unit is rated to zone 1, although I will be fitting it in zone 2. However, the cable from the towel rail is not long enough to reach a fused spur outside the bathroom and from what I can gather a switched fused spur is definitely not allowed in zone 2, and even an un-switched fused spur seems to be at least a grey area.
Would an acceptable solution be to fit a switched fused spur beside the socket that I have moved outside of the bathroom (it is on an RCD protected circuit), then run a flex from there under the floor and up the inside of the wall to a connection plate/flex outlet plate, where it would connect to the flex from the towel rail. Then fit a blank over the connection plate. The towel rail flex outlet has a fitting to allow it to go straight into the wall so there would be no cable visible inside the bathroom and the connection could be accessed behind the blanking plate if it needs to be inspected.
Does this sound ok?
However, I will need power in the bathroom for an electric towel rail and my understanding is that I can take a fused spur off one of these and bring it into the bathroom for the heated towel rail. The towel rail has its own built in IP rated switch and the whole unit is rated to zone 1, although I will be fitting it in zone 2. However, the cable from the towel rail is not long enough to reach a fused spur outside the bathroom and from what I can gather a switched fused spur is definitely not allowed in zone 2, and even an un-switched fused spur seems to be at least a grey area.
Would an acceptable solution be to fit a switched fused spur beside the socket that I have moved outside of the bathroom (it is on an RCD protected circuit), then run a flex from there under the floor and up the inside of the wall to a connection plate/flex outlet plate, where it would connect to the flex from the towel rail. Then fit a blank over the connection plate. The towel rail flex outlet has a fitting to allow it to go straight into the wall so there would be no cable visible inside the bathroom and the connection could be accessed behind the blanking plate if it needs to be inspected.
Does this sound ok?