Under - bath electrical connectio

[nemoreally]

Hello. We've just had some work done on our house and the tradesman noticed that p ower shower pump (located on the floor under the bath) is connected by a pl ug to a trailing socket that runs under the bath to the wall before diving down to the ground floor. The trailing socket is then connected to the hou se circuit breaker box.

The current proposal to remedy this is to route the pump wiring through the bathroom wall to a a wall-mounted, switched socket. This will also mean taking power from somewhere else and running a new cable to the socket (as there is no nearby mains cable that could be tapped into)

This seems a bit excessive. I was wondering if it's permissible to use som ething like an IPx4 or better electrical connector to effectively splice th e pump into the socket's cable (obviously discarding the existing plug and socket)?

Thanks

[ARW]

The current proposal to remedy this is to route the pump wiring through the bathroom wall to a a wall-mounted, switched socket. This will also mean taking power from somewhere else and running a new cable to the socket (as there is no nearby mains cable that could be tapped into)

This seems a bit excessive. I was wondering if it's permissible to use something like an IPx4 or better electrical connector to effectively splice the pump into the socket's cable (obviously discarding the existing plug and socket)?

I smell BS.

[nemoreally]

You've probably got a cold, then, or forgotten to wipe your feet.

[johnjessop46]

So is the space beneath the bath enclosed and requires the use of a tool or key to access it?