Are there zones for kitchens?
Mary
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Nov 10, 2006
21 Replies
If you mean electrical regulation zones like for bathrooms, then no. Zoning applies only to rooms with a shower or bath.
There is a general catch all which says that fittings must be suitable for the location in which they are installed. This is usually interpreted to mean that standard non IP-rated wiring accessories shouldn't be installed within 30cm of a sink to reduce splashing.
Christian.
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:55:55 -0000 someone who may be "Mary Fisher" wrote this:-
As electricity is concerned? No (despite the drawings on certain boxes in large tin sheds, particularly drawings by Ring Lighting).
However, there are guidelines that are worth following. At the risk of being called patronising, they have been discussed before in this group:-)
But Part P, which Mary might also be wondering about, applies to kitchens as well.
Owain
Yes.
Women are allowed into the sink, cooker and washing machine zones and men are not.
Sorry
Adam
The message from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:
Yes, mine's so large it covers three zones - GMT, Almost Lunch Time and Nearly Dinner Time.
It's one o'clock Greenwich. Meantime, here is the news.
Except where it is necessary to gain access to the 'fridge.
This is why brides wear white - to match the other domestic appliances. ;-)
:-)
Wouldn't help in our kitchen, only raw food is kept in there :-)
Mary
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Oh. That's a foot.
Is it the SINK or the TAP?
It makes a difference ...
Mary
Perhaps I shouldn't have posted this in case any of Them is watching and gets ideas :-(
I don't read everything.
Do you?
Mary
No, it was zones.
I know about Part P. Doesn't everyone?
Mary
Are you not allowed to wash your car/bike/other bits in the sink then?
Owain
What I should have said that that while Part Pee applies to all electrical installations in domestic dwellings in England and Wales, bathrooms and kitchens are "notifiable"
Don't have it up here :-)
Owain
You mean like Typhoid?
:-)
Mary
There's more room in the bath.
Mary
I'm surprised you haven't got your bath occupied by a couple of fleeces in mordant.
Owain
I don't dye but there's nowhere else to wash fleeces :-)
Mary
Don't get too hung up on definitions and distances. Just use common sense. Is the area subject to splashing?
Christian.
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