FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - W Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom [Master Thread]
Old Sep 12, 2022, 8:37 am
  #277  
Oxon Flyer
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
Programs: SPG LT Plat, BA G, BD*LG, MG Blue+ ...
Posts: 16,032
Originally Posted by Jebby_ca
London/UK building codes prohibit electrical sockets in the bathroom/sink area, as there are no electrical sockets at all in the wet room of the Marvelous Suite.
Originally Posted by Radiation Station
Regarding the plug sockets, yes - they are banned in bathrooms in the UK. Apparently we can’t be trusted to not murder ourselves.
Remembering of course that the UK voltage carries significantly more punch than that in North America, so it's an entirely sensible regulation to stop tourists killing themselves by dropping the hairdryer into the washbasin or the bath ...
Oxon Flyer is offline