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To be fair, for me it depends on the situation. I have fitted bathrooms where the rooms are as big if not bigger than most folks living rooms. By time they got to the switch they'd be drip dryThe regulations stipulate a minimum standard for safety and you can measure and quote zones all day but I will never fit a normal wall switch in a bathroom or shower room, it's just not right!
it's just not right!
Think the difference between inside an outside is not really an argument as if your dripping wet inside you wont suddenly dry when you cross the door frame into the otherside which i might add is probably 3 inches. (No jokes) my thing is i hate the pull cord and was just querying the specifics of the regs in relation to the switch and suitable distance.To be fair, for me it depends on the situation. I have fitted bathrooms where the rooms are as big if not bigger than most folks living rooms. By time they got to the switch they'd be drip dry
Personally I would take the regs as a worst case guide, in that if I felt that a switch could possibly lead to a potential dangerous situation, even though it met with the regs I would still not install it. As an example I was asked to install one which was within the regs requirements, but in my eyes it was just too close to call so I refused to do it. Outside is (in my view) always the preferred option, but not always necessary or practical.
I did consider an occupancy sensor. But the amount of time im up in the night it would be annoyingTo be fair, for me it depends on the situation. I have fitted bathrooms where the rooms are as big if not bigger than most folks living rooms. By time they got to the switch they'd be drip dry
Personally I would take the regs as a worst case guide, in that if I felt that a switch could possibly lead to a potential dangerous situation, even though it met with the regs I would still not install it. As an example I was asked to install one which was within the regs requirements, but in my eyes it was just too close to call so I refused to do it. Outside is (in my view) always the preferred option, but not always necessary or practical.
I have this horrible image, of a bloke at the kitchen sink, completely starker's stood in a pool of water, doing the washing upYou could say exactly the same about any accessory above counter in a kitchen or in a downstairs WC with a basin.
You could say exactly the same about any accessory above counter in a kitchen or in a downstairs WC with a basin.
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