bathroom switches

[normspanners]

Hi Guys is it still allowed to have a pull switch in the bathroom/
my son is buying a new house not yet built but the bathroom light switch is in the landing two doors away from the bathroom door ?

 

[madkayaker]

pull switch is allowed 300mm (from memory) away from shower.

 

[normspanners]

thanks brilliant

 

[Westfield-builder]

Yes, a ceiling switch is still allowed in a bathroom. Putting a wall switch 2 doors away is just madness, it is supposed to be all about making things as functional and easy to use as possible. I can imagine the number of times that someone is going to be "busy" in the bathroom and someone else is outside the room and decides to switch the light off !

Regards
Jon

 

[dan.taylor.1]

what type of switch are you supposed to fit if not a pull switch? i thought the idea of a pull type is your never in contact with anything near a live wire?!

Dan

 

[brightspark]

what type of switch are you supposed to fit if not a pull switch? i thought the idea of a pull type is your never in contact with anything near a live wire?!

Dan

a wall switch just outside the door preferably pull switches are crap

 

[normspanners]

They dont fit any switch in the bathroom as said, in the show house it is two door frames away and on the other side of the landing. I advised him to ask if they could put a pull light switch in the actual bathroom because if you were ready for a shower or are busy in there but decide you need the light you have not only open the door and put you hand round the frame but walk two or three steps to get to the switch!!
But I was not sure if they had been outlawed as has happened with alot of things nowadays, because of europe, deciding what is good for us.
Yet a lot of new houses abroad have washing machines in the bathroom

 

[p0689109]

When I bought my house the bathroom had been made into a shower cubicle room with toilet and basin. All tiled(floors and walls) and four pull switches!! Two for the lights( main light and cabinet/mirror light) and two for the shower(one for the fan and one for the main power to the shower). Works OK.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Sister in law had a kitchen extension that merged perfectly with the existing walls to you didn't realise it wasn't part of the original structure. That was unless you noticed the electrics. The wall switch at one side was higher than the one on the new aspect. Same with power points - different levels. Seems law about height changed to cater for disabled hence new had to be at the lower.

Paul H

 

[Welderpaul]

Ours is a new house and all the switches for the bathroms are on the outside

 

[Robotstar5]

Sister in law had a kitchen extension that merged perfectly with the existing walls to you didn't realise it wasn't part of the original structure. That was unless you noticed the electrics. The wall switch at one side was higher than the one on the new aspect. Same with power points - different levels. Seems law about height changed to cater for disabled hence new had to be at the lower.

Technically yes, but most sensible sparkies will install to match existing heights.

 

[BrokenBiker]

as robo said, technically yes, I can remember the council coming in to rewire the flat I had, moved all the switches down, sockets up and it looked awful, wasn't really practical for me either.

most sparkies will acknowledge the fact that there isn't a disabled person there at the time the work is done, so will usually mount the switches at 'normal' height.

mind you, the guy that did my grandfathers house did the opposite, mounted everything at 'normal' height even though both my grandparents were wheelchair bound.

 

[brightspark]

Sister in law had a kitchen extension that merged perfectly with the existing walls to you didn't realise it wasn't part of the original structure. That was unless you noticed the electrics. The wall switch at one side was higher than the one on the new aspect. Same with power points - different levels. Seems law about height changed to cater for disabled hence new had to be at the lower.

Paul H

yes on new builds or a new extension but on a rewire u can put them where the existing switches and sockets are sited as long as the sockets are 12 inch of the floor

 

[normspanners]

I very often go into the bathroom and find that it is darker when I have 'finished' than when started and have to put the light on when looking in the mirror ( mind you when I put the light on I think who is that old bloke in here with me?).
When you say pull switches are crap, I have had the same pull switch for 25 yrs, switching 4x 60W but now runs 2 low energy and 2 60w and is probably the most used switch in the house.
As there is no rule as to the positioning of the switch, could he ask the site agent for a mod to the plans of his build because the position of the switch is ridicules, and possibly dangerous?.

 

[brightspark]

I very often go into the bathroom and find that it is darker when I have 'finished' than when started and have to put the light on when looking in the mirror ( mind you when I put the light on I think who is that old bloke in here with me?).
When you say pull switches are crap, I have had the same pull switch for 25 yrs, switching 4x 60W but now runs 2 low energy and 2 60w and is probably the most used switch in the house.
As there is no rule as to the positioning of the switch, could he ask the site agent for a mod to the plans of his build because the position of the switch is ridicules, and possibly dangerous?.

its pathetic if the switch isnt sited directly outside the door. i take it its not a private build .i would definately talk to the site agent and point it out . and have it altered providing the house hasnt been boarded out allready, the only word i can think of about the electricians is tossers

 

[normspanners]

It is just a slab at the moment, as far as the electrics probable only got the duct for the incoming !!