Spot the no-no

[Fliselege]

Whe I moved here I had to get an NICEIC cert on my flat before I rented it out, would've failed as I had a non IP rated downlight in the bathroom but while the bloke was there I changed to an enclosed IP rated fitting, thank you very much. But here you can have not 1 but 2 DSO's, one eack side of the sink! Shocking! Considering how bizarre the rules are here for wetrooms I thought this was a bit stupid but it's all above board, they must have a hell of a lot of faith in RCD's. Just before I moved here I got talking to a Brit builder in an English pub telling him what tools I was bringing, I was very proud of my 110 collection. He didn't have a clue what I was on about. It's all 240 here, glad I found out before I shipped it over, sold it all to a George Wimpey apprentice and his Dad. By the way we didn't tile this wetroom, wish I could say we did, it was a very nice job, we were installing a wood oven, boss wants to take company in new direction so hopefully it'll work out and I can chuck all my tiling tools in the Oslo Fjord...

 

[John Benton]

Nice Bose SoundDock. Got one in my bathroom, next to my wife's hair straighteners!

Is the no-no the very small toilet roll as your finger may slip through it?

 

[Fliselege]

Nice Bose SoundDock. Got one in my bathroom, next to my wife's hair straighteners!

Is the no-no the very small toilet roll as your finger may slip through it?

It was a leprachauns house, specially made loo roll,

 

[John Benton]

It was a leprachauns house, specially made loo roll,

So it's not one of the Mr Mens houses? Specifically Mr Small :lol:

 

[Fliselege]

So it's not one of the Mr Mens houses? Specifically Mr Small :lol:

It might as well be, another thing I noticed was he had 2m23 from floor to ceiling in the (at a guess) 40odd sqm lounge, and the rules here is you must have 2m40 floor to ceiling for it to ba classed on living space, and they're quite strict about it, he dropped the ceiling for his downlights which look great but as dwellings are valued on square meterage as a main part of valuation he has more than likely shot himself in the foot.

 

[Dan]

That's a small bath / large sink you have there!

Is the no-no the camo trousers? As you're inside and they're not camouflaging you well.

 

[Fliselege]

Is the no-no the camo trousers? As you're inside and they're not camouflaging you well.

It's called style mate, you wouldn't understand ;-)
(insult stolen from an episode of Fawlty Towers)
Used to be the in thing here to have his'n'hers individual sinks in bathrooms big enough to take it but the new in thing is those bigguns.

 

[Fliselege]

Mind you, the ex wife said I look a pratt in them and accused me of trying to be a twenty year old 20 years too late but my nipper thinks they're cool, that says it all....

 

[Dan]

Yeah I've seen a fair few his 'n' hers sinks. Not seen one of those huge ones installed but have seen them in the likes of bathstore.com etc.

 

[DHTiling]

I would say it's a no no on the power outlets, to close to water IMO.. can't remember the min zone for power to water etc but from what i have gained with working with comps and my bro, is that deffo looks to be to close., even if they are low power output i would have thought they would be higher away from a wet source.

 

[Fliselege]

Think I do the more justice than the boss...

 

[Fliselege]

I would say it's a no no on the power outlets, to close to water IMO.. can't remember the min zone for power to water etc but from what i have gained with working with comps and my bro, is that deffo looks to be to close., even if they are low power output i would have thought they would be higher away from a wet source.

I was always told 6 foot, you shouldn't be able to put your hand in water and be able to touch an electrical accessory, but as for true rules I don't know either, I just think what they get away with here as the norm is dangerous and there's no need for it, it's not rocket science, everybody knows water and electrics don't mix well, I've learnt that living in a foriegn country it's a good idea to keep schtum and let them get on with it, if I want a sensible conversation I come on here and talk to you lot

 

[Dan]

Thinking about it I have a shaver socket pretty much above the sink. Though that's a shaver socket and not a normal one so okay, right?

 

[Fliselege]

Thinking about it I have a shaver socket pretty much above the sink. Though that's a shaver socket and not a normal one so okay, right?

Good point, so have most people, I wonder why they're allowed

 

[Muse2k8]

Is the no-no the glitter skull

 

[John Benton]

I think you can have a socket in the bathroom now as long as it's 3m horizontal distance away from zone1 and is RCD protected.