How many bathroom switches?

5 years ago

We're redoing our bath. We currently have 3 switches... general lighting, fan, vanity. We'll leave the fan. We're getting rid of the general lights and putting in LED/cans... going clockwise around our 9.5 x 9.5 ft room... 1 over toilet (along wall 1), 1 over tub alcove (at corner of walls 1 and 2), 1 over shower w/glass walls (at corner of walls 2 and 3), 2 over vanity (far end of wall 3) with one light on each side of the vanity. I'm thinking to keep the 3 switches... fan, all LED/cans, side vanities. I'm rewiring myself so would like to keep it simple... but need it to make sense and be functional. Thoughts?

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Ron Natalie
5 years ago
While I currently have the overhead cans and the vanity lights on separate switches, more often than not I turn them both on at the same time. It's really up to you as to your tastes.
HU-867564120
5 years ago
Ditto Ron. One side benefit of 2 lighting switches is you won't have to change bulbs in the dark. Of course, with LED bulbs that may be many years down the road ....
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Mrs Pete
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
We currently have 3 switches... general lighting, fan, vanity. We'll leave the fan.

- I have a can light over the shower.

- I have a separate light over the toilet; that switch is next to the toilet /on the back side of the pony wall. Don't know if that switch placement is good or bad.

- I like to read in the tub, and I wish I had a light better placed for that purpose; I currently leave on the vanity lights, but that detail could be better.

- I'd like to have an outlet up by the ceiling so I could string a set of decorative lights to use as a soft light at night.

- I despise that the vanity light shines right onto my side of the bed. Maybe not applicable to the discussion, but I'm throwing it out for you.

- And I'd like most of these to be on dimmer switches.