Would a water closet, (ie,. basin and pan/cistern), area be classed as a 'wet area?'

Many special locations, like a bathroom or shower room are becoming safer as modern materials are used. Years ago with lots of accessible metal water pipes and plumbing items, back boilers, Ascot water heaters and metal baths, things were more risky. These days in many modern bathrooms the floor is of an electrically insulating type, either wooden upstairs or even if downstairs is covered with modern vinyl covering. Baths and shower trays are likely to be made of glass fibre. Water pipes supplying taps are likely to be made of plastic. Electric showers are enclosed in insulating plastics. So shock risks are greatly reduced. Even if sitting in a bath we probably are insulated from true earth to a great degree. But in any event, gawd bless the R.C.D.


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Many special locations, like a bathroom or shower room are becoming safer as modern materials are used. Years ago with lots of accessible metal water pipes and plumbing items, back boilers, Ascot water heaters and metal baths, things were more risky. These days in many modern bathrooms the floor is of an electrically insulating type, either wooden upstairs or even if downstairs is covered with modern vinyl covering. Baths and shower trays are likely to be made of glass fibre. Water pipes supplying taps are likely to be made of plastic. Electric showers are enclosed in insulating plastics. So shock risks are greatly reduced. Even if sitting in a bath we probably are insulated from true earth to a great degree. But in any event, gawd bless the R.C.D.


Z.