Consumer unit in cupboard in Shower Room

[robertl]

Hi All,
looking for some assistance on this as finding different information wherever i look.

We have a garage external to the house, which we are turning into a small 1 bedroom flat, due to the layout the shower room will have to be located in the corner where the garage consumer unit is, which is a two way consumer unit, rcd protected with lights and sockets coming off it.

The question is whether I can just build a small cupboard around it with a door, or will i have to partition off the corner so the consumer unit is in a seperate room behind a partitition.

I have found several posts mentioning new builds with consumer units in toilet / shower rooms, but just wonder where exactly i stand with current regulations, I'm in Scotland also.

Look forward to your replies on this.

Thanks
Robert

 

[Dannybruff]

Put it in a cupboard with a TKey latch and i think youll be ok...

 

[Welchyboy1]

I’d just relocate it and be done with it, what would it be, half days work max

 

[Welchyboy1]

It’s a much easier job to move it now with the build work

if you don’t you’ll no doubt only end up with some electrician kicking up a stink about it being in the shower room in a future EICR or something