i think I'm being taken for a ride...

[Willbowling]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what is wrong with my plan, i want a shaver socket in my bathroom, my thoughts were that a wire could be taken off a plug socket in the bedroom up the wall then through the single brick internal wall into an isolator switch that would be neatly next to the extractor fan isolator (presumably a rcd or rcbo in a box?), then wired down the wall and behind the skirting board to then be vertically channeled up to the shaver socket.

so I'm thinking that this is a relatively small job and should be fairly cheap, I'm redecorating the bathroom as it is so there are no skirting boards and i can do the channel and there is no making good for the sparky to worry about as this will be done anyway.

so anyway the reason I'm asking is because i had a guy come round and do me a quote for the job, i told him my thoughts but he muttered a bit and he has now quoted me for bringing a separate wire from the cellar cu and putting the switch isolator in the corridor (which i don't mind), but this seems like an expensive way around my job and seems like he is creating work for himself. I can't see a problem with my plan but don't want to accuse him of trying to rip me off and end up looking like an idiot.

power for the shaver socket cant come from the light circuit btw, as the ceiling is not very accessible.

so, whats your thoughts? Am i missing something or am i being taken for a ride?

 

[lauriehurman]

Nobody wants to chase deep into the brick and start using steel conduit so all the cable has to run in "safe zones".
Behind the skirting board is never going to be a safe zone. Can't answer for the rest.
If I were you; I'd get hold of a copy of the "On Site Guide" (the green one) and plan where to run the cables - and - get more quotes from electricians. The more you talk to the more you will understand the nature of the problem.

Hope that helps
Laurie

 

[Octopus]

As Laurie suggests another quote is probably a good idea. Regarding the first price, the sparky may have determined that the run from the cellar CU is easier to do.

Very difficult to give advice without seeing the job.

 

[Willbowling]

Ok, so why not run the cable round the top of the room in the safe zone and then down to the socket instead of up to it?

Thanks for the advice so far, i will go for another quote but just to be clear, there's no problem with having the isolator / rcd device in the bathroom is there? Next to my other isolator? There is three metres to the shower and near two meters to the sink.

 

[Engineer54]

Why not take the supply for the shaving socket off the lighting circuit, either from the hall/passage lighting point or the bathroom?? What are we talking about here, a 100VA max!! lol!!

 

[Willbowling]

Haha, i get your point engineer54 but the lighting circuit is hard to get to, it would be easier to get from the cellar as there is already trunking running up which is accessible.

The reason i ask about the isolator being in the bathroomis although i don't mind it being in the corridor, it would stand out and in the bathroom it would be next to the existing one.

 

[Engineer54]

If it's an upstairs bathroom, surely it would be easier from the loft space!! And no need for a fuse spur unit/isolator either!! lol!!

 

[Guitarist]

The problem here is that you have asked an electrician to quote for a job, but don't want to believe what he is telling you.
Impossible for us to comment without seeing what he does.

 

[Willbowling]

The loft is a bedroom, there are cupboards / walls in the way of getting near the lights on the below floor, there is no light in the corridor leading to the bathroom. I did say in my original post and now twice subsequently that the lighting circuit is out of the equation.

Since there seems to be no problem with my original plan, I'll get another quote and see what the next one says, i really do think first guy is just making work for himself and making the job a bit more worth it. Thanks all.

 

[Fast&Rough]

300mm galvanized trunking at eye level round the full house should look nice

 

[Engineer54]

300mm galvanized trunking at eye level round the full house should look nice

They don't call you Fast & Rough for nothing do they!! lol!!mg_smile:

 

[bigbaddave]

300mm galvanized trunking at eye level round the full house should look nice

They don't call you Fast & Rough for nothing do they!! lol!!mg_smile:

Exactly the same as the wife calls is

 

[telectrix]

easiest option is to buy a rechargeable shaver. charge it in any socket in the house. use in bathroom.

 

[ackbarthestar]

Tell us how much the sparks is charging and we'll all jump in and give an opinion.......

 

[telectrix]

i would, but can't be arsed to shave and squeeze me neck into a tie.