Hello,
I want to install a new electric towel rail in the bathroom. It's going to be on the wall which is more than 60 cm away from bath so I suppose it is not in any "special zone".
At the moment there are no electric circuits in the bathroom apart from lighting circuit behind the ceiling.
The closest mains connection to the bathroom is spur connection in the airing cupboard which used to power electric heater in hot water cylinder (now replaced with indirect cylinder so spur is not used any more). So it could be possible to put a wire from this spur under the floor boards and into the bathroom and then put another spur/timer to connect the towel rail heating element. As our consumer unit does not have any RCD protection at the moment this spur in the cupboard could be replaced with RCD spur to protect the new circuit.
Does such a plan conform to current regulations? Is it notifiable work (thus must be done by a certified electrician)?
Thanks a lot for your help
I want to install a new electric towel rail in the bathroom. It's going to be on the wall which is more than 60 cm away from bath so I suppose it is not in any "special zone".
At the moment there are no electric circuits in the bathroom apart from lighting circuit behind the ceiling.
The closest mains connection to the bathroom is spur connection in the airing cupboard which used to power electric heater in hot water cylinder (now replaced with indirect cylinder so spur is not used any more). So it could be possible to put a wire from this spur under the floor boards and into the bathroom and then put another spur/timer to connect the towel rail heating element. As our consumer unit does not have any RCD protection at the moment this spur in the cupboard could be replaced with RCD spur to protect the new circuit.
Does such a plan conform to current regulations? Is it notifiable work (thus must be done by a certified electrician)?
Thanks a lot for your help