Shaver outlet in bathroom

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We’ve just moved into a new house and my husband is finding it bizarre that there’s no shaver outlet in any of the bathrooms.
I told him it’s not that common to have one and he’s saying all bathrooms have them. He now wants to pay an electrician to have one installed- I think it’s a waste of money.

I know this is a bit random- but any of you have one of these in your bathroom?

Are they standard expectations in a bathroom?

Older terrace house. We don’t have one.
Recently had a new bathroom fitted and the contractor was surprised we didn’t have one…. Still didn’t get one

I’ve never had these in any of my many houses, never known a friend or family member to have one either. Sounds useful though!

I would find it annoying not to have one (for electric toothbrushes) and would pay to get one installed if I didn’t have one.

In my last place the bathroom had one but it only worked when the bathroom light was on, which was very annoying for charging my toothbrush! Took me a while to figure out why my toothbrush was constantly low on battery too.

Surely if your DH will use the electric socket, it’s not a waste of money ?

If you wanted similar, would you consider it a waste ?

We have those sockets in some of our bathrooms, they were unused for years but are now very handy for charging electric toothbrushes.

Obviously, they could be charged elsewhere but it’s neater to keep them in the bathroom.

I replaced our old shaver socket with one of these www.proofvision.co.uk/proofvision-tbcharge-wire-free-electric-tooth-brush-charger/

We paid extra for our newbuild to have one. We didn’t in the last house and ended up having to charge our toothbrushes on the landing.

We've got a small strip light above the sink in the main bathroom which incorporates a shaver point.
House is about 23 years old, it was in place when we brought it about 21 years ago.

I'd like one in the ensuite for my toothbrush.

I really need one for all my dental stuff.

We have two bathrooms, one has a shaver plug, one doesn't. It's useful for charging electric toothbrushes but then we also have a converter plug so can charge the toothbrush from any normal socket too. Most electric razors are mains charged from what I know so they don't need charging in the bathroom.

[quote LucyfurMorningstar]I replaced our old shaver socket with one of these www.proofvision.co.uk/proofvision-tbcharge-wire-free-electric-tooth-brush-charger/[/quote]
We’ve just had our bathroom re-done and had one of these fitted in the cupboard although ours has a shaver socket on it too. It’s great, no training leads for the toothbrush and neatly stored away in the cupboard.

Every house I’ve lived in has had a shave socket, including a 200 year old cottage, I’d find it really odd not to have one! I’d also find it really irritating to have to store and charge shavers and toothbrushes in a different room!

I hate them - they’re really ugly!

If he wants one and is going to use it just put one in.

Fairly standard to me.

We have one built into our light up mirror cabinet.

We had to get it wired up and I recall it was fairly inexpensive.

I have a new build with 3 bathrooms. They all have shaver outlets.

Never had one in any of the houses I have lived in.

@Musmerian - that sway you get them built into drawer under sink or cabinet above

[quote Caspianberg]@Musmerian - that sway you get them built into drawer under sink or cabinet above[/quote]
Or mirrors or cabinets with them built in.

Don't they not to them in the UK because of the whole mixing water and electricity thing with steam/condensation etc?

@girlmom21 as if other countries don't have that too?

No. Just redid my bathrooms and didn't even think of having them.

We had them and I’m so grateful we did as we swapped them for electric toothbrush charging points (no need for the annoying dangly wires, it can be fitted directly over the shaver point location).

@Brefugee

Don't they not to them in the UK because of the whole mixing water and electricity thing with steam/condensation etc?

@girlmom21 as if other countries don't have that too?

Clearly they do but I'm saying isn't that the reason they don't in the UK - because of different safety laws...

If the rule was no electric due to steam and water, you wouldn’t have it in the kitchen either.
Many places in Europe have washing machines and dryers in main bathroom as well. I don’t think they all have higher rates of electric deaths

I just found this from some information on building regulations for the UK:

Sockets are not allowed in bathrooms or shower rooms (apart from shaver-supply units) unless they can be fitted at least three metres from the bath or shower.
Electrical shaver points must be a safe distance (in meters) from the bath or shower to avoid splashes

@girlmom21

I just found this from some information on building regulations for the UK:

Sockets are not allowed in bathrooms or shower rooms (apart from shaver-supply units) unless they can be fitted at least three metres from the bath or shower.
Electrical shaver points must be a safe distance (in meters) from the bath or shower to avoid splashes

Switches can also be installed in bathrooms ( instead of pull cords ) so long as they’re a suitable distance from water ( basin or bath ) but the electrician working on the bathroom refit would not entertain the idea of having a switch.