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Doing an attic conversion and been asked by the builder to put the bedroom switch just outside the bedroom door. As built in wardrobes going either side of the door in the bedroom. Never came across this or gave it much thought. Is a bedroom switch allowed to be outside? Cheers
 
thomas-1981 said:
Doing an attic conversion and been asked by the builder to put the bedroom switch just outside the bedroom door. As built in wardrobes going either side of the door in the bedroom. Never came across this or gave it much thought. Is a bedroom switch allowed to be outside? Cheers
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? What regs does it not conply with? (how about switch recessed into door frame (not full size)
 
Why not? It doesn't say anywhere that it must be installed inside the room. If that's what the builder/client wants then what's the hassle.
 
If you have to position it outside the door I would 2way it with a switch adj to bed - nobody is going to be happy with having to go outside the room to switch off at night.
 
I have a bedroom in my house with the light switch outside the door, was done as part of the build because there is no room for a switch beside the door inside due to a walk in wardrobe. I must say i find it really annoying and we don't even use the room and i have yet to come up with a suitable alternative, short of reducing the walk in wardrobe.
 
I was thinking something more permanant Tel, no doubt someone will lose the remote. Not to mention they are uglier than energy saving lambs
 
I find it hard to believe that there is nowhere in the room to position a light switch, I mean they aren't the biggest things in the world are they. As said, why not use a pull switch?
 
So the built in wardrobes are being taken tight to the bedroom door architrave. Surely they could stop 2 inches shy to allow room for a wall mounted (architrave) switch.
 
Get the chippy to build a backing for it and just stock it in the side of the cabinet using a fastfix box.
 
Energy saving lambs save energy by lying about all day watching Jeremy Kyle on tv instead of gamboling around the meadow.

They are often to be found in Scouseland and parts thereabouts.

There have been reports of them being found in Sunderland too.
 
Geordie Spark said:
Energy saving lambs save energy by lying about all day watching Jeremy Kyle on tv instead of gamboling around the meadow.

They are often to be found in Scouseland and parts thereabouts.

There have been reports of them being found in Sunderland too.
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only ones you'll find in scouseland are already chops.
 
Thanks for the replies guys. The job is completed and these wardrobes are an after thought. The switch is a 3 gang switching a line of down lights and 2 pair of wall lights (3 pull cords a bit much). Trust me if I knew these wardrobes were going in this position the switch would've been somewhere else. I did give the option of trunking inside the wardrobe and putting the switch just inside the bedroom door on the face of the panelling but customer doesn't want these new wardrobes touched. Just never fitted a switch outside a bedroom and was unsure if there was a reg not allowing this. Outside the room it is. Thanks again for your replies.
 

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