ᐅ New Single-Family Home Construction: Placement of Light Switches
Created on: 28 Nov 2021 23:08
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lars909
Good evening dear forum,
My wife and I are currently planning our single-family home. We are still unsure about the placement of the light switches in the children's rooms.
Ideally, the light switch along with the thermostat and roller shutter control would be placed directly to the right side of the door handle on the inside of the room. Currently, there is about 20cm (8 inches) of wall space there. According to my understanding after some research, this is not enough, and we would need 40cm (16 inches). We could extend the wall, which would reduce the usable floor space in the room—unfortunately on the only full-height wall, as there are sloped ceilings on the upper floor. This is option 1.
Alternatively, in option 2, the light switch could be placed just around the corner to the right, but then no closet could be placed there.
A further option 3 would be to place the switch directly to the left of the door. Is that even allowed?
Which option would you recommend?
Thank you very much for your support.
Best regards,
lars909
My wife and I are currently planning our single-family home. We are still unsure about the placement of the light switches in the children's rooms.
Ideally, the light switch along with the thermostat and roller shutter control would be placed directly to the right side of the door handle on the inside of the room. Currently, there is about 20cm (8 inches) of wall space there. According to my understanding after some research, this is not enough, and we would need 40cm (16 inches). We could extend the wall, which would reduce the usable floor space in the room—unfortunately on the only full-height wall, as there are sloped ceilings on the upper floor. This is option 1.
Alternatively, in option 2, the light switch could be placed just around the corner to the right, but then no closet could be placed there.
A further option 3 would be to place the switch directly to the left of the door. Is that even allowed?
Which option would you recommend?
Thank you very much for your support.
Best regards,
lars909
lars909 schrieb:
Currently, there is about 20cm (8 inches) of wall there.Keep in mind that of the 20cm (8 inches), about 6 to 8cm (2.5 to 3 inches) will be taken up by the door frame. It will be a tight fit to install one or more switches there, but it should be possible. It might just not look very neat. 😉
Thank you for your feedback. So, a wall thickness of 35-40cm (14-16 inches) should be sufficient for the shell construction, right? If we assume a door frame of 5-10cm (2-4 inches), that leaves 25-30cm (10-12 inches) for the switch and the conduit. In the hallway, a small storage closet for a vacuum cleaner or similar items can then be easily created.
Best regards
Best regards
I'll just drop my question in here..
We had originally planned to place the bathroom light switch on the outside wall, but during the site meeting, the electrician suggested it makes more sense to have the switch inside the bathroom..
In our current house, the bathroom door opens outward, and the light switches are also on the outside.
In the new build, the bathroom door opens inward, and the light switch would be on the wall next to the door handle.
I think I would prefer it outside, but the electrician has made me unsure..
How have you handled this?
We had originally planned to place the bathroom light switch on the outside wall, but during the site meeting, the electrician suggested it makes more sense to have the switch inside the bathroom..
In our current house, the bathroom door opens outward, and the light switches are also on the outside.
In the new build, the bathroom door opens inward, and the light switch would be on the wall next to the door handle.
I think I would prefer it outside, but the electrician has made me unsure..
How have you handled this?
Yaso2.0 schrieb:
We had planned to install the light switch for the bathroom on the outside of the wall, but during the site meeting the electrician said it makes more sense to have the switch inside the bathroom.This information is not enough to provide an answer. It really depends on the situation.Similar topics