The status of the bathroom has changed over time and it is no longer a small white space designed for a quick wash. We are all spending more time in the bathroom and correspondingly more money on achieving a quality finish. So why scrimp on the bathroom lighting ?
Planning
After deciding where the basin, toilet, bath and shower are to be positioned, lighting should be next on the list. That way you can run all the cabling and bury it in the walls before you start tiling and decorating. How will the space be used? A small cloakroom may only require one type of lighting, whereas a bathroom ideally should have two lighting schemes. A bright scheme for short stops and a soft and low scheme for long soaks.
To create the different schemes, plan on at least two wall switches. These can now be legally positioned inside the bathroom as long as they are an appropriate distance from wet areas, but the simplest and most popular solution is to position the switches outside adjacent to the door.
Even small rooms with one lighting scene will benefit from a dimmer switch. This inexpensive measure ensures night time trips to the loo or early morning starts are only as bright as you want them to be. Lights that can be dimmed include mains or low-voltage halogen, or any “standard” filament-type bulbs. LED's, fluorescent or compact-fluorescent bulbs usually can’t (this includes most illuminated mirrors).
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