Wealden Times | WT200 | October 2018 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

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In the
zone
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We are demystifying bathroom
lighting with the help of Chris Jordan,
Managing Director at Christopher
Wray (christopherwray.com). Turns out,
bathroom lighting can be broken down
into three simple zones, each with its
own rules. It’s as easy as 0,1,2...
Bathed
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Zone 0
Inside the shower or inside the bath.
Any light fitting in these areas must be
a minimum rating of IP67 (which is
completely immersion proof) and must
be low voltage.
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Shop our top picks of lights that will make
your bathroom shine
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“IP stands for
“Ingress Protection”.
It basically tells you how
resistant each light is to water.
The higher the rating the more
protection. Always aim for the
highest IP rating in bathrooms.”
– Nicky Taha
victoriaplum.com
Directly above the bath or shower.
Any lighting fitting here must be
a minimum rating of IP65. This
means that they are dust-tight and are
protected from low pressure jets and
that no water can seep into the fitting
itself.
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1 Boutique chandelier £175 Frontline Bathrooms frontlinebathrooms.co.uk 2 Bulkhead
copper sconce wall light £289 Industville industville.co.uk 3 Antique brass wall bracket
£63 Dar lighting darlighting.co.uk 4 Horizontal light with pineapple finials £635
Besselink & Jones besselink.com 5 Round pleated chiffon light £210 Pure Bathroom
Collection purebathroomcollection.co.uk 6 Hollywood wall bar £85 Frontline Bathrooms
frontlinebathrooms.co.uk 7 Shipyard wall light £545 Davey Lighting uk.originalbtc.com
8 Polished chrome pendant £134.40 Dar Lighting darlighting.co.uk
Either side of the bath or shower
or a radius of 60cm from the basin.
Any lighting fitting here must be a
minimum rating of at least IP44 which
will protect from splashes of water.
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