Quick background... Good mate is buying a house and wasn't available for second viewing and had to move quick. Knowing I have done a few 'jobs' he asked he to have a look.
Anyway when looking at the en-suites I saw they both had what looks to be open electric fires with a cable going through the wall, under the floor and out the architrave to a plug in the bedroom (see pics). Noticing there are no extractor fans I figure these were installed to get rid of condensation but it's the fact an open electric fire is in a wet area that bothers me, especially with them having young kids - they all like touching stuff you know!
I flagged this and said it's a death trap and whoever did it is crazy but I don't want to worry him unnecessarily. After this feedback he got a sparks in (sensible move) who said "it's not great and they wouldn't choose to have it in their home but they've seen it before and it's not really much of a problem". Fair enough he's qualified and i'm not but for my own sanity what's the score with stuff like this?
Thanks.
Anyway when looking at the en-suites I saw they both had what looks to be open electric fires with a cable going through the wall, under the floor and out the architrave to a plug in the bedroom (see pics). Noticing there are no extractor fans I figure these were installed to get rid of condensation but it's the fact an open electric fire is in a wet area that bothers me, especially with them having young kids - they all like touching stuff you know!
I flagged this and said it's a death trap and whoever did it is crazy but I don't want to worry him unnecessarily. After this feedback he got a sparks in (sensible move) who said "it's not great and they wouldn't choose to have it in their home but they've seen it before and it's not really much of a problem". Fair enough he's qualified and i'm not but for my own sanity what's the score with stuff like this?
Thanks.