diymak
New Member
We recently purchased and are remodeling a 12-year old home. We have GFI outlets in all 3 bathrooms, but what we did not discover until after the purchase was that all bathrooms seem to be on the same circuit. For example, if you trip the circuit in the master bathroom, you have to hike it downstairs to the guest bathroom to reset the circuit (as that is the only outlet with a reset button).
We are remodeling the master bathroom at the current time and have a couple of electrical questions:
1) We currently have a light-only over the shower area and would like to put a combo light/fan in that spot (tying into the ductwork of an existing fan that is currently located over the toilet). The light/fan combo we are purchasing says "UL Listed for use over shower enclosure / tub with GFCI circuit." We do not believe that we currently have a GFCI circuit for the light over the shower -- but how does one tell for sure? We've tried tripping the GFI circuit in the bathroom (for the outlets) and we can still turn on that light. Did code (12-years ago) require that a light above a shower be on a GFCI circuit? By the way, the current shower light is the same type of semi-resessed light (with a cover) that is in the nearby closet.
2) Assuming we do not have the GFCI circuit we need for the light/fan -- how difficult/expensive would it be to install one? Can we tie into the existing GFI circuit that the outlets are on? If we have to install a dedicated GFCI circuit, what is the procedure and ballpark cost (we would probably have an electrician do this work).
- Mike
We are remodeling the master bathroom at the current time and have a couple of electrical questions:
1) We currently have a light-only over the shower area and would like to put a combo light/fan in that spot (tying into the ductwork of an existing fan that is currently located over the toilet). The light/fan combo we are purchasing says "UL Listed for use over shower enclosure / tub with GFCI circuit." We do not believe that we currently have a GFCI circuit for the light over the shower -- but how does one tell for sure? We've tried tripping the GFI circuit in the bathroom (for the outlets) and we can still turn on that light. Did code (12-years ago) require that a light above a shower be on a GFCI circuit? By the way, the current shower light is the same type of semi-resessed light (with a cover) that is in the nearby closet.
2) Assuming we do not have the GFCI circuit we need for the light/fan -- how difficult/expensive would it be to install one? Can we tie into the existing GFI circuit that the outlets are on? If we have to install a dedicated GFCI circuit, what is the procedure and ballpark cost (we would probably have an electrician do this work).
- Mike