Washing machine in bathroom

[richardg]

Good evening all! I have been asked for some professional advice and would like to pick your collective brains.
A client has been advised by his architect to place the washing machine in the bathroom.
I have been reading the 17th which bans sockets within 3 metres of zones.
Can the design be made to work if the washing machine is taken outside the zone by boxing in?
Second idea is provide power via a SELV circuit with the source being outside the zone.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards

 

[Geordie Spark]

More famous for it's market and black puddings :drool5: .

Oh, and being in between two reet brill towns.

Rochdale....where I learnt to talk proper.....

....and Bolton....where I learnt to speak even properer.:cool4:.....and down a few:26:

Ah yes ... Bolton .. famous for Fred Dibnah ............ great bloke.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Thank you for all your insights and train picsnothing better than catching up on your posts when stepping of my plane in Buenos Aries.

Technically my clients architect is right and a washing machine can be installed as long as it's ipx4 with a power source outside zones. Personally I'll recommend a larger shower and put the bloody thing in the kitchen.
Turns out the potential adverse sound in the open plan kitchen disturbed the architect design sensitivities - hasn't he heard of the LG direct drive

Well we do aim to please - it's just a bit unfortunate that we often miss !!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Now lets not be silly

There is too little of the floor in the picture to glimpse Archie or Geordie,also drinking coffee doesn't land you down there

Nowt wrong with coffee ...as long as it has half a bottle of finest brandy in it.

 

[yarcyk]

I think if you make any sort of enclosure (like mdf cupboard or something ) it is going to be outside zone eg. shower pump under a bath tub.

 

[ipf]

Ah yes ... Bolton .. famous for Fred Dibnah ............ great bloke.

Aye, a drink or two with Fred in the past. Used to park his steam (and that is STEAM) roller outside the SGT (Sweet Green Tavern) in town, neck a good few pints and then rumble off towards Bury road. Never got done for speeding but I'm sure there was the odd wobble.

 

[richardg]

Hi yarcyk For a shower pump under the bath to be outside of the zone it has to only be accessible using tools. I'm sure many baths have pumps that are accessible without tools - dodgy bits of plastic and mdf. I can imagine the reg was created to stop little prying fingers of young ones playing with the pumps electrics.

 

[ipf]

Hi yarcyk For a shower pump under the bath to be outside of the zone it has to only be accessible using tools. I'm sure many baths have pumps that are accessible without tools - dodgy bits of plastic and mdf. I can imagine the reg was created to stop little prying fingers of young ones playing with the pumps electrics.

and those who don't know what the bleedin hell they're doing!!!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Aye, a drink or two with Fred in the past. Used to park his steam (and that is STEAM) roller outside the SGT (Sweet Green Tavern) in town, neck a good few pints and then rumble off towards Bury road. Never got done for speeding but I'm sure there was the odd wobble.

Oh I would have loved to have met him. Great character and sadly missed.

 

[ipf]

Oh I would have loved to have met him. Great character and sadly missed.

I'm sure you'd have got on........like a chimney on fire.
Real good bloke with plenty of knowledge, humour and guts.

 

[Geordie Spark]

I'm sure you'd have got on........like a chimney on fire.
Real good bloke with plenty of knowledge, humour and guts.

Yes .. he did always come across that way..

The sort of bloke who would call a spade a spade .. and to his face.

 

[ipf]

Yes .. he did always come across that way..

The sort of bloke who would call a spade a spade .. and to his face.

Yep, as TC said somewhere 'discrimination, who needs it?'

 

[tidyboiler]

Ah yes ... Bolton .. famous for Fred Dibnah ............ great bloke.

And Peter Kay.

 

[Andy78]

And Peter Kay.

As if you can compare him with Fred !

 

[tidyboiler]

That's nothing new ... Tidyboiler's been doing it for years It's a sight to behold I can tell you - perpetual motion is almost a reality !! - and so far she's wrecked three washing machines in less than four years.

:whatchutalkingabout

 

[Geordie Spark]

:whatchutalkingabout

Well I notice yer not denying it !!

Pet. :smilewinkgrin: