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Frequently Asked Questions
What actually needs planning?
The supply, not the heating.
The element is low power and simple.
But bathrooms rarely have power at the WC.
So a fused protected supply is needed.
Brought to the pan position.
Why is that a first-fix decision?
Because the electrical layout is settled early.
Long before anybody chooses a seat.
A cable has to arrive at the WC.
Behind the wall, on a protected circuit.
Which is not a fit-out job.
Can one be retrofitted?
Only by chasing or surface trunking.
Into a tiled bathroom wall.
Neither of which is small work.
Plan the supply if it is at all likely.
Even if the seat comes later.
Is a lead from another room acceptable?
No, and it is worth saying plainly.
That is a cable across a wet floor.
To an appliance beside a water fixture.
It is not an alternative to a supply.
It is a hazard instead of one.
What protection is required?
Residual current protection, at minimum.
Plus whatever the local rules state.
For the zone the pan sits in.
And the appliance class permitted there.
The rules differ by market.
What if power cannot be provided?
Then this is not the product.
Which is the honest answer.
A seat in a warmer material helps.
Much of the cold shock is conductivity.
Rather than actual temperature.
Are most heated seats just heated?
No - most combine other functions.
Which makes them bidet seats with heating.
Needing water as well as power.
And a different specification entirely.
Check what you are actually buying.