Wet Room Lighting Zones

Each zone requires that a light fitting has certain capabilities denoted by its ip rating.

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. So we are well out of the zones. 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.

Chrome bathroom lights are the most popular as they generally match the taps. Most lighting for bathrooms shower rooms lights and wet rooms lights are modern and tend to be in chrome or satin chrome with glass. Zone 0 for a shower room is the area inside the shower basin. 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.

The bathroom can be split into 4 zones zone 0 to zone 3. It also covers the width of the shower cubicle or length of the bath. 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. So to describe it you open the door and i have put light switch just inside.

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. All bathrooms are different at the lighting company we have lights suitable for using in family bathrooms showers en suite bathrooms and wet rooms. The iee regulations lay out what fittings are suited for particular applications. The lighting company s selection of bathroom specific lights features traditional bathroom lighting unusual bathroom chandelier lights modern contemporary down lights recessed shower cubicle.

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 1 is the area directly above zone 0 to the height of 2 25m from the bottom of the bath or shower. Update to ip ratings in 20 march 2015. 3m and it turns and 3m further is the shower cubicle.

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. Zone 0 essentially anywhere inside the shower and is defined as any area within a bathroom that can hold water. Zone 0 is inside the bath or shower itself.