Part P Bathroom Zones

Part P of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations England has been amended in an attempt.
Part p bathroom zones. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive. All project content written and produced by Mike Edwards. Competency in this case will mean a full qualified knowledge of electrical installations.
Remember that to work with electricity in a bathroom you should be a competent and qualified Part P registered electrician. This is in line with the competency expected from gas installers and goes far beyond just knowing which colour wires do what. Bathroom Zone 1 2 - IPX5.
For utmost safety the transformer or power supply pack should be installed outside the bathroom area. Work is not Part P notifiable Work is notifiable where there is no bath tub or shower tray within the distance horizontallyfrom the centre of the shower head when it is. Is also the area around the wash basin.
Approved Document P. Speak to the electrician before any work to upgrade your bathroom commences particularly if you are installing a new shower lighting or heating system. The zones in a bathroom are an important safety feature and designed to keep us safe both when installing devices and when using them.
If the fitting is 240V a 3oma residual current device RCD must also be used to protect the circuit in this zone. Hence to comply with the requirements the work should be carried out under a building notice completed by a person who is a member of one of the various part P competent persons schemes or tested and inspected by an approved part P third party tester. What is a bathroom Bath and shower rooms are one such example of these special locations.
Find out if the work complies with Part P of the building regulations and that the appropriate notification and certification will be taken care of once the work is completed. A minimum rating IPx5 are the areas of ZONES 1 and 2 for where water jets are likely to be used for cleaning purposes. Applicable to both Zone 1 or 2 a SELV fans with a rating of IPX5 or above may also be installed in these areas.