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albacridhe
Good Morning,
I'm hoping for some advice on a bathroom electrical installation. I am not an electrician and wont be doing the electrical work...
My electrician has gone on holiday for a couple of weeks so I can't ask him my questions, in the meantime I'm trying to get as much of the building work done as I can before he comes to do his bits and just would like some rough advice on how much I could do without causing him or me a problem when he gets there (like covering up too much and having to re-do things)
The job is a shower/WC room. Existing electrics comprise of a single light in the centre of the ceiling and a single extract fan. There is a single switch on the outside of the room which operates both - not planning to change this. Its top floor so can access above the ceiling from the loft.
The proposed installation is for 3 recessed down-lights, a new extract and an LED mirror with shaving socket.
Where the mirror is going I have put up studs and will have plasterboard screwed on (not skimmed over) so we can take it of and I guess run a wire from the ceiling. - 1st question is on this: where would the power for the mirror/ shaver come from? When we spoke before he said it could come from the lighting ring - is that right?
2nd question - if the shaver/ mirror comes from the lighting ring does that mean we need to modify / change the light switch outside the room and chase out for new wires (if so then I will hold off on re-plastering that wall. We would want the LED mirror light/ shaver to work whether that switch is on or off.
Wont be touching the ceiling till he's back.
I appreciate you might not be able to give a full answer, since you cant see it (and my description might not be the best) just an educated guess will be better than mine.
Thanking you in advance.
I'm hoping for some advice on a bathroom electrical installation. I am not an electrician and wont be doing the electrical work...
My electrician has gone on holiday for a couple of weeks so I can't ask him my questions, in the meantime I'm trying to get as much of the building work done as I can before he comes to do his bits and just would like some rough advice on how much I could do without causing him or me a problem when he gets there (like covering up too much and having to re-do things)
The job is a shower/WC room. Existing electrics comprise of a single light in the centre of the ceiling and a single extract fan. There is a single switch on the outside of the room which operates both - not planning to change this. Its top floor so can access above the ceiling from the loft.
The proposed installation is for 3 recessed down-lights, a new extract and an LED mirror with shaving socket.
Where the mirror is going I have put up studs and will have plasterboard screwed on (not skimmed over) so we can take it of and I guess run a wire from the ceiling. - 1st question is on this: where would the power for the mirror/ shaver come from? When we spoke before he said it could come from the lighting ring - is that right?
2nd question - if the shaver/ mirror comes from the lighting ring does that mean we need to modify / change the light switch outside the room and chase out for new wires (if so then I will hold off on re-plastering that wall. We would want the LED mirror light/ shaver to work whether that switch is on or off.
Wont be touching the ceiling till he's back.
I appreciate you might not be able to give a full answer, since you cant see it (and my description might not be the best) just an educated guess will be better than mine.
Thanking you in advance.