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  1. B

    Domestic Electric Vehicle charger and special location

    The company i work for say that a domestic Electric Vehicle charger is not to be recorded as a special location on the certificate. Is this correct? I've made the argument that the installation requires consideration of the requirments laid out in section 7, therefor it is deemed a special...
  2. Rockingit

    When is a special location (701 / 702) not a special location?!

    Here’s an interesting one: Plastic bath tub, full of water, being heated by a submersible element, plugged into a mains extension (so a plug connection less than 3m). Not domestic and no real zones as such (for arguments sake, imagine putting a paddling pool inside a garage, it’s that kind of...
  3. R

    Agricultural shed

    Hi All, To be aware I'm a trainee and not qualified yet but my question is in the regs agri buldings are a special location so need more thought. What cable needs to be used for plugs and lighting? Could you get away with using hituff cable or would it need to be SWA or singles in conduit? I...
  4. S

    Bonding required when alterations in special location

    hi guys Just a quick question as I’m being told I don’t have to Would I have to install bonding to water and gas services if I’m to install a fan in bathroom due to it being a special location
  5. 7

    Special location - bathroom

    Quoting for new lights in bathroom along with adding extractor fan Reading into the regs, above 225cm is out of zone and therefore a swapout only requires minor cert. Fan motor will be in the loft with only the vent being in the location however out of zone. Am i right with the requirement to...
  6. Dan

    EICR - Special Location Sheet

    Dan submitted a new resource: EICR - Special Location Sheet - Editable Special Location Sheet for Certification and Inspections Read more about this resource...
  7. C

    Special location

    I normally stick to domestic wiring, but I have enquiry from a customer who has added stables in their back garden. I think I should treat this as a special location i.e. agricultural. When I referred to the 17th edition its says no to TNCS systems. That puts me in a spot of difficulty as the...
  8. A

    Nibbly fish shop - special location??

    So bit random but been to look at a new shop that has tanks with those fish that you stick your feet in, and they eat the dead skin off them. The tanks require power and come with a short length of flex (approx 600mm) and plug top. In my opinion these tanks would be classed as a bath tub as a...
  9. J

    Special Location: Hobs/Cookers?

    What page(s) in the big green book would I look at, for specific zones/regs for Hob's/Cookers for switches & socket distances from the appliance? Looked through the special location chapter but can't see much to do with kitchens at all if im honest, nothing under Hobs/Cookers/Kitchen/zone page...
  10. GMES

    Special Location

    I tried to convince Glenn there was no bonding required in this shower, he took some convincing, but then admitted defeat and got the shower Gel out.
  11. P

    Is it Part P, is it a special location, is it needed?

    For anyone whose not read my intro from a few months ago, yes I am qual'd (to 16th ed), no I'm not currently reg'd with a scam provider, no I don't currently work as a spark and yes the question I'm asking is about my own house. Oh, and if it IS part P or a special location, then yes I will be...
  12. T

    Is a bathroom now the only "special location"

    Hello Guys, Speaking to another spark who is registered with NAPIT, and he has said that he had a letter through the post, saying that kitchens and gardens are no longer special locations, and modifications to a kitchen or outside circuit no longer need to be notified? Is that true? I have...
  13. Richard Burns

    Comparison of building regs and Approved document P for "special location"

    I was just reading the Building regs (as you do when you are a very sad person:drunk:) and there is a difference in the definition of special location for bathrooms; the building regs state it is within the zones in BS7671, and approved document P states that it is the entire room. This may...
  14. Dean Williams

    special location - jacuzzi

    Hi folks im currently doing annual EICRs on leisure centre swimming pools and wet areas. The jacuzzi i found, has the control gear/pump equipment adjacent to it, which does not comply with the regs. On speaking to the NICEIC, they said its a C2 and i should put it in writing to the council...
  15. N

    Special Location or Not??

    Morning, I've got a job on what was once a dairy farm, it hasn't been used as such for many years, it has a 3ph supply to the house from which the single pahse db in the house is fed with a 3ph supply going out to the old barns and milking parlour. It appears that the earthing arrangement for...
  16. E

    Special installation in a special location

    Found while doing an EICR today - see picture. OK- its just outside Zone 1 by a few mm, but the storage rad circuits are not RCD protected and there's no supplementary bonding in the bathroom. I disconnected it, then got told "it doesn't work anyway" ..... I guess it got wet! However, worse...
  17. M

    Would this be classed as a special location?

    Need a little advice please guys! My wife is a dog groomer and she wants me to set up our 8ft x 8ft wooden shed as a grooming salon. That's ok but she also wants to be able to be able to 'bath' the dogs in there as well, using a 'booster bath'. She says she would also needs some sockets, which...
  18. N

    utility room special location?

    ive been pondering if a utility room with a sink & toilet come under the requirements of a special location ,surely it does ?? i just wonder why part 7 of regs doesnt mention anything about risk of shock near water for somewhere like a utility room containing a sink. Just wondered if anyone had...
  19. malcolmsanford

    Special Location Part P

    Not having used the dreaded Part P for a while I always took the Special location as from the Part P document 2006 as the following, "Locations containing a barh tub, or shower basin, swimming pools or paddling pools, hot air saunas" Which for me meant the whole room. I was speaking to a...
  20. D

    Special location or not?

    I have existing outside power going to my shed. If I extend the lighting circuit to have a bulk head on the outside of the shed would this come under a special location? The wiring would come straight from the inside of the shed to the back of the bulk head on the outside with no exposed wires...

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