CU in ensuite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Barnaby Stedman]

How should I persuade a customer that their consumer unit needs moving from a room which was previously a utility, but is being converted to an ensuite. I mean - water and electrics never mix!! What are the regulations on where to fit a consumer unit?

 

[Leesparkykent]

How should I persuade a customer that their consumer unit needs moving from a room which was previously a utility, but is being converted to an ensuite. I mean - water and electrics never mix!! What are the regulations on where to fit a consumer unit?

Where in the en-suite....Ie what zones etc?

 

[Rpa07]

How about a pretty cupboard that can be IP rated doubling as a shelf. It may work, may look silly but certainly more cost effective than moving the CU.
Any pictures?

 

[Strima]

Will there be a shower in there?

How big is the room?

 

[Barnaby Stedman]

sorry - have no pictures - will be in zone 3

 

[ruston]

There is no Zone 3 now.
I would not be happy fitting it as metal will be more prone to condensation unless is protected as @Rpa07 suggests.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Put it in a cupboard with a lock on the door.

 

[PEG]

I do get the lock-on-door thinking....any regs aside,i always have in my mind,the advice given to any lay-person or professional,when encountering a person they suspect of suffering an electric shock....
the very first action,is going to be difficult...

 

[ruston]

Not a suitable location at all in my opinion.

 

[MFS Electrical]

How should I persuade a customer that their consumer unit needs moving from a room which was previously a utility, but is being converted to an ensuite. I mean - water and electrics never mix!! What are the regulations on where to fit a consumer unit?

Suitability of equipment for external influences perhaps?

 

[Deleted member 9648]

There is no Zone 3 now.
I would not be happy fitting it as metal will be more prone to condensation unless is protected as @Rpa07 suggests.

Reading the OP I don't think he is fitting it, it's existing and may well be insulated. I think it's likely that it will be OK if a cupboard encloses it, but advise the client that in your opinion it would be better re-sited for obvious reasons.

 

[littlespark]

The room is yet to be converted?
Then the council building control will soon tell him that it needs moved, or that he cant have an en-suite.
(correct me if i'm wrong, but would this work require a planning application or building warrant?)

Its not ideal even in a cupboard. Too much humidity.

 

[Nebu1a]

Unless walls are being knocked down and steels going in then its possible that building control are not involved. However when they go to sell the house the surveyor should pick it up. Just out of interest are the cut-out and meter in the utility/ ensuite?

 

[Nebu1a]

Preferable to move it out of the ensuite.
Maybe you could get a IP65 consumer unit, keep it out of zone 1 and 2 and fit a cupboard around it.

 

[Starjack]

I dont like the idea of a potential mcb tripping and without think the poor owner steps out of the bath or shower dripping wet through and attempts to reset it.
I would hope this would never happen but you just don't know.