some wet room advice needed please

[academy]

Hi all,
I recently carried out a pir on a bungalow that has been modified for a disabled person. There are plenty of faults but the one I am not 100% on how to rectify without to much disruption is as follows.

Next to the bath there is a 230v switched spur that supplies the motorized platform within the bath. This spur is literally about 50mm away from the bath edge! I have coded this as a 1.
Now I have got the remedials I need to work out how best to sort this without disrupting the tiled wall of the wet room. One idea so far is to remove the spur front and replace with an adaptable box and then use plastic conduit up and relocate the spur above 2.25m, extending the cables through the tube. Only thing is I think this may look like an eyesore tbh. The original cables are in plaster behind the walls so I wont be able to pull them up into the space above.

Any other ideas?

I was wondering if you could get an ip65 switched spur (mk masterseal ones for outside) and mount it in place of the original spur front, only thing is the big red book says no 230v switches i zones one or two

Any help would be great as obviously customer wants this done cheap as poss

thanks

 

[Andyfm]

Can you get to the cable feeding the spur in the loft, if you can you could either put a high level spur onto the feed and make the spur a flex outlet or loop the cable in and out of a 15 amp DP pullswitch from above though you will need to fuse it down via a spur somewhere else.
Only problem is getting a IPX4 flex outlet

 

[a12jpm]

If the switch is just for the feed and the controls for the platform are on the bath could you put it on the opposite side of the wall. Just drill straight through from where it is and fit the fused spur.

 

[academy]

Unfortunately its on an external wall so I wouldnt be able to able to fix it on the other side.
I could try and get to the cables above and go with the pull cord route, only problem is when the modifications were carried out they built the staff area in the loft and I'm not sure if they will be accessable.

Thanks for the replies so far though

 

[GStueyXR]

Personally I would just fit an IP rated fused spur....

Lets face it, it protects a 230V bit of kit anyway that is directly in zone 1 and 0. And we all know the BRB is non stat

 

[academy]

Personally I would just fit an IP rated fused spur....

Lets face it, it protects a 230V bit of kit anyway that is directly in zone 1 and 0. And we all know the BRB is non stat

I was thinking the same!!

If I could find one with a lock surely that could be classed as zone 0, needs a key to open? Sadly not managed to find one online yet!

 

[GStueyXR]

I was thinking the same!!

If I could find one with a lock surely that could be classed as zone 0, needs a key to open? Sadly not managed to find one online yet!

Zone 0 is submerged in the basin That's a bit too risky mate LOL

 

[Andyfm]

My local wholesaler Denmans do an IP65 enclosure which will take a standard spur or socket etc and has a loop which can be padlocked - not too pretty but saves a load of grief

 

[Tester Steve]

701.512.2

Steve.

 

[a12jpm]

Not pretty but as IP66 FCU's goes would cover everything you need. £25 from screwfix.

 

[a12jpm]

Ohh this ones cheaper and marginally better looking...£12.59 from screwfix