Pendant Light Over Freestanding Tub

You need to have a conversation with your electrician about this.

Pendant light over freestanding tub.

In many areas a light fixture can only be installed over a tub if the bottom of the fixture will be at least 5 feet above the water s surface when the tub is filled. It should be placed 75 to 80 inches above the floor and like all vanity lighting contain at least 150 watts ideally spread over a fixture that s at least 24 inches long so that the light will wash evenly over the hair and face. It also illustrates the problem many cities and states have with the installation of a chandelier over a tub. In smaller bathrooms if the stall has a clear.

Well a freestanding tub has no walls to tile and the tile in a shower is not required to extend beyond the shower edge curb or bathtub rim usually defined by a door or a curtain. A capital lighting 526161pn 6 light 28 wide chandelier hangs from a carrera marble tiled barrel ceiling over a kohler reve 66 free standing cast iron soaking bath tub with brilliant blanc base matched with a brizo rook deck mounted tub filler trim kit with cross handles. Typically the bathroom ceiling needs be fairly tall. If not the two main locations they re found are above the vanity and above a tub usually a freestanding tub.

This photo shows a fixture that likely hangs lower than that 5 feet. Lighting above a tub needs to be rated for wet locations. The national electric code nec from 2011 requires that any part of a light fixture including crystals dangling from chandeliers must be a minimum of 8 feet above.