The rest of the world think's we're weird for having them in the kitchen - either a separate utility, the basement, sometimes upstairs where the laundry comes from, or in a bathroom. Washing machines generally cope with the humidity. Sometimes the socket lives outside the bathroom so you unplug it when you're not using it.
Theo
And everywhere except the UK which has stupid rules about electrical outlets in the bathroom.
The rules don't ban them altogether, but our bathrooms are typically so small that the rules about positioning them relative to bath, basin, shower etc has the effect of not allowing them anywhere ...
Brian Gaff snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote
Can you spell that out a bit more please.
Plenty don't have a basement at all.
OTOH there are a fair few bathrooms where a w/m can be placed outside zone 2 with the flex taken to a SFCU outside the room to avoid the 3m rule. Most people just don't think of it because they are so used to seeing them only in kitchens or utility rooms.
Of the two main limitations (other than the rooms typically being too small) - the prohibition on sockets in proximity to water etc, is not an big issue since you can hard wire them to a switched FCU. The other limitation is the suitability of the appliance for use in damp areas.
On the bosch.com site they say they can be put in a bathroom, laundry room or cellar. They don't mention kitchens :)
Yup. Check their community page on YouTube.
Food cellar on their main house has also become their air raid shelter. :(
I'm not going to check it but I thought there was a drone shot just before the finale that showed the external walls all white but they were unfinished in the final closeups. An editing issue if so.
The first use of plastic pipe I saw, in 1962, used that method. The plumber used a tool heated like an old fashioned soldering iron with a blowlamp, which fitted over teh pipe at one end and into the fitting at the other, removed after so many seconds and the pipe and fitting pushed together, never to come apart again.
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required