The Bathroom Mirror Size Calculator for UK Rooms

Size the mirror from the basin below it and the eye line of the household, not from the available wall. Furniture in Fashion has published a sizing calculator for UK bathrooms built on that principle, matching mirror width to between 70 and 100 per cent of the vanity beneath, setting the centre of the glass at 150cm to 165cm above the finished floor, and keeping the bottom edge at least 20cm above the basin rim. A table in the report converts standard UK vanity widths, from 40cm through to 120cm, into mirror dimensions and mounting heights. The report also covers the regulatory position, naming BS 7671 and its bathroom zones with a minimum of IPX4 in zones 1 and 2, Part P of the Building Regulations for electrical work, and the 15 litres per second intermittent extract rate set out in Approved Document F that keeps a bathroom mirror clear of condensation....