Plug in the bathroom

[agado]

I have my bathroom fitted this week and i wanted to have a plug in it. Is it legal to fit 3 pin plug in a bathroom in UK?

[Fat Boy]

legal or not it would be a stupid thing to do

[mrs.pudding]

NO!  No reputable builder or electrician would do it for you.  In a new house, it wouldn't pass building regs.

[agado]

what about 2 pin plug?

[ianess]

DO NOT FIT a 3-pin socket in a bathroom.

Extremely dangerous....often fatal if mains electricity comes into contact with water.  Anything electrical should only be done by a qualified tradesman [ other than changing a light bulb or a fuse].

[natalie_1982]

What's so important that you need to plug it in the bathroom?

[Tweed]

The only type of electrical outlet allowed in the bathroom is a shaver point. They have an isolating transformer, i.e. a transformer with the same number of windings on both its primary and secondary core, which neither steps up or steps down the voltage, but you are isolated from the main supply.

[Dsg]

What is so different that allows (two-pin) sockets to be fitted in continental bathrooms ?

[druiaghtagh]

You should NOT do it, you even need pull string switch on lights and electric shower

[Cetti]

No socket outlet should be fitted in a bathroom - except for special ones that are approved for electric shavers and which conform to BS 3535.

 

 

[Oneeyedvic]

In answer to your question, Norfolk Boy answered a simlar question to me a few months ago ( I asked if a telly could be fitted into a bathroom):

The answer is yes you can fit a 3 pin plug, yes it will pass building regs, DEPENDING on the size of your bathroom.

 The bathroom is split into four zones with regard electrical appliances.zone 0,zone1 are the immediate bath area, zone 2 is a distance of 0.6 mtr from the outer most bath edge the following may be used in this zone if suitable (1)a water heater,(2) a shower pump,(3)a luminaire,fan,heating appliance or unit for a whirlpool bath complying with the relevant standards. (4) other fixed current using equipment which can reasonably only be located in zone 2 provided it is suitable for the conditions of that zone, (5)selv current using equipment. In zone 3 current using equipment other than fixed current using equipment shall be protected by an rcd not exceeding 30ma. in laymans terms if your telly has an i p, rating of ipx4 and has a lead long enough to go out of your bathroom to a socket,and this in turn is covered by a 30ma rcd i think you can watch it quite safely or just get one of them cheap battery powered tellys  
 

I also looked a bit further iinto it, and found almost identical text in Collins DIY book.

[ianess]

The question is the same as asked by natalie_1982........in view of the hazards why do you feel so strongly about having one?