socket heights on a rewire

[Apache]

Yes but not everybody is in a wheelchair and may not want their house with such low fittings-positive discrimination it seems to me or is it negative lol.I can unsderstand in council dwellings-but not private where the person paying will be known when starting the job.

I agree it's daft. You can't equal if you havn't got the use of your legs! You can't do everything an able bodied person can. Why spend all this money and effort catering to 0.01% of society?

We ought to accept that we are all different and some people are physically handicapped but many more are just stupid! It's them that I worry about?!

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

it also applies to complete refurbishment

just to elaborate a bit more on Andy brief, (and possibly confusing?), point

"complete refurbishment"

e.g.

wheel chair access ramps fitted to entrance doors.

internal doors widened to allow wheelchairs to pass through.

downstairs toilets re-arranged to allow wheelchair to turn around in the bathroom.

OR

change of use.. say dwelling to shop or vice -versa..

etc..

etc..

But other than those type of things..

A full rewire is NOT complete refurbishment.

So there is no need to move socket / switch heights.

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Page 137 in the electrician's guide to the building reg's. Switches and sockets etc to be between 450 and 1200mm in NEW DWELLINGS only. This does not apply to ANY rewires. So long as items are no less accessible than before, then it complies.

Hope that helps.

Fitz

Indeed Safedepth. AgreedApplaud Smiley

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

I have to agree with andyc on this one, the whole building will come under building regs if a full refurb as such socket hieghts and restrictions will be assesd.I alway do all rewires on the new guidlines, its future proof? Thats a laugh 18th edition will be out by winter.

No need to change socket heights.

see post #22:|

 

[green-hornet]

Just a quick note here, I did a kitchen rewire for a wheelbound lady and she had no problem in reaching the exsisting light switches, she thought it was daft to lower them as she was used to finding them at that height even in the dark.

Just goes to show!

(the kitchen was fitted so she had to use the sink sideways lol) Thats kitchen fitters for you

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Just to add....

In February during my annual NIC assessment,

one of the jobs we went to was a full rewire...

part of my work included repositioning some downstairs switches because door hinge sides were being reverse,

most of the existing switches were all at random heights..

so I just repositioned them all at the lowest previous position,

which was within a gnats whisker of 120cm..

NIC man spotted all the switches were lower..

and immediately commented ..

NO NEED to move socket heights on a re-wire!

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Just a quick note here, I did a kitchen rewire for a wheelbound lady and she had no problem in reaching the exsisting light switches, she thought it was daft to lower them as she was used to finding them at that height even in the dark.Just goes to show!

(the kitchen was fitted so she had to use the sink sideways lol) Thats kitchen fitters for you

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there is them wots make the rules.....

and them wotz use them!:|B-)

 

[Andy™]

A full rewire is NOT complete refurbishment.

no, but if the re-wire is part of a full refurbishment then new height will apply