Wet Room Lighting Zones

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Wet room lighting zones.

The astro lighting avola 0962 led bathroom wall light is an energy saving polished chrome led wall lamp with an ip44 rating. There are 3 designated electrical zones in the wet room that have been identified in the iee wiring regulations and it is crucial that any of the appliances listed above is sited in the correct zone. Chrome bathroom lights are the most popular as they generally match the taps. 3m and it turns and 3m further is the shower cubicle.

Any fitting used in this zone must be low voltage max 12v and be rated at least ip67 which is total immersion proof. Bathrooms are inherently wet rooms and electricity and water don t mix happily. So to describe it you open the door and i have put light switch just inside. All bathrooms are different at the lighting company we have lights suitable for using in family bathrooms showers en suite bathrooms and wet rooms.

Most lighting for bathrooms shower rooms lights and wet rooms lights are modern and tend to be in chrome or satin chrome with glass. No problem as i thought what happened after i completed was they changed the shower tray and decided to tile the floor and make it a wet room. Zone 1 is the area directly above zone 0 to the height of 2 25m from the bottom of the bath or shower. Consider zone 1 to be the splash zone where the installed equipment is likely to get very wet very quickly but would not necessarily be submerged.

We have bathroom lights suitable for zones 0 1 2 and 3 and the majority of our bathroom lighting is ip44 rated or higher. Zone 1 for a bathroom is the same width as zone 0 the width of the bath extending to 2 25m above the finished floor level. Most bathroom light fittings are ip20 or above rated and depending on their ip rating they can be mounted in the different zones in the bathroom. Each zone requires that a light fitting has certain capabilities denoted by its ip rating.

If there is no shower basin zone 0 is 10cm high from the finished floor level and extends to 1 2m around the fixed shower head. Zone 0 essentially anywhere inside the shower and is defined as any area within a bathroom that can hold water. When thinking about lighting for your bathroom it is important to think about the below bathroom zones to ensure the lighting you want can be installed in your desired location. Zone 0 is inside the bath or shower itself.

The iee regulations lay out what fittings are suited for particular applications. It also covers the width of the shower cubicle or length of the bath. The bathroom can be split into 4 zones zone 0 to zone 3.