I am currently refitting my cloakroom. The previous owners removed the washbasin and installed a washing machine instead. As it had effectively been a bathroom before there was only a shaver socket and no other electrical points. As it's now used more as a utility room I'd like to remove the shaver socket and install a standard electrical socket. My question is, can I simply switch one for the other or is it more complicated than that? Unfortunately the previous owners disconected the socket so I can't work out which circuit it's on. Grateful for any advice.
Replacing shaver socket
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If it's on the ring main (or a spur from it), then yes, replacing it with a normal socket should be fine, if (as is common with shaver sockets) it's powered off the lighting circuit, then no, you shouldn't replace it with a normal socket...
You need to be a bit careful with regards to part P though, as the room you've described might be classified as a kitchen or a bathroom, which would mean it's a notifiable area, and from my understanding means that while you can do direct replacements, you couldn't change a shaver socket to a normal socket...
You need to be a bit careful with regards to part P though, as the room you've described might be classified as a kitchen or a bathroom, which would mean it's a notifiable area, and from my understanding means that while you can do direct replacements, you couldn't change a shaver socket to a normal socket...
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Generally shaver sockets are fed from lighting circuits rather than socket circuits, plus then tend to be close to the sink, so I think all in all changing it to a normal socket would not be OK.
If you want to be sure, get an electrician to have a look
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If you want to be sure, get an electrician to have a look
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Rebuke..... A bathroom has a bath or shower in it.
Have a look around - any baths or showers? Have you looked carefully behind the washing machine?
OK so its not a bathroom then:
Lets have another look. Is it a kitchen? Any food prep areas?
Kitchen sink?
Nope, so its not a kitchen.
A utility room isnt a kitchen.
So, unless there's new circuits involved, this is not notifiable works.
Have a look around - any baths or showers? Have you looked carefully behind the washing machine?
OK so its not a bathroom then:
Lets have another look. Is it a kitchen? Any food prep areas?
Kitchen sink?
Nope, so its not a kitchen.
A utility room isnt a kitchen.
So, unless there's new circuits involved, this is not notifiable works.
I wouldn't have thought so either, however the Part P doc (http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADP_2006.pdf) states any work on kitchens or other special locations. Bathrooms get covered under special locations as it explicitly states "Locations containing a bath tub or shower basin", but what part P considers a kitchen isn't defined.
The fact there is a washing machine in (which is often found in a kitchen) could be argued to mean it's a kitchen, although I admit this is unlikely, and I'd probably conclude it isn't a notifiable area, but I thought worth pointing out.
The fact there is a washing machine in (which is often found in a kitchen) could be argued to mean it's a kitchen, although I admit this is unlikely, and I'd probably conclude it isn't a notifiable area, but I thought worth pointing out.
That'd make my neighbours garage a kitchen then...
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