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    Socket height regulation in old home

    Hello I am hoping to find a definitive answer to this as heard. Socket height regulation of 450mm is for new builds only not for old houses. What about renovating old houses for example a basement renovation but in an Edwardian home? What would pass building regs? Many thanks
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    maximum allowable height for scaffold tower?

    really trying to get the customer to see sense, they have supplied scaffold tower for lighting replacement about 5metres off the ground, which i have been pottering away at with this shitty scaffold tower getting stuck in the sand below and hitting against the beams of the shed itself almost...
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    rough price on an "off road" scissor lift 7-8m working height?

    sick of using junk scaffold that one of our customers has and i have around 18 lights to fit in a shed, do you need ipaf to hire them? daily rate?
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    consumer unit height and tails

    Hi all, Been to see me sisters house being built and to have a nose tbh. I noticed the comsuner unit in the toilet up high, dont they have to be between 1350 and 1450mm, thought it was a reg for new build?. also saw 16.0mm T&E to the MEB box about 8 mtrs away also with a 16.0mm earth, got...
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    Socket/switch heights in new build.

    Ok, I may be picking this up wrong or being a bit blonde but on the drawings it says light switches to be positioned between 900mm & 1100mm. Now the last time I worked on a new build it was 1200mm max height light switch. Looked up the Scottish building regs & it says "Electrical fixtures...
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    catinery to garage

    Hi. Quick bit of advice. Just gone out to dad's to fit a garage supply using it for part p assement. He was supposed to be sorting a metal support for me ready and he hasn't got the pieces. Now he wants to do it on catinery gap is about 2.5m using bit of 10mm swa I had left over. Any...
  7. Pete999

    Pete's Videos working at height has been ignored then

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    Overhead garage supply question

    Hi, I am currently considering the best way to go about this job for a customer who wants garage power wiring from an overhead supply cable (to replace the current 1.5mm T&E swinging in the wind supply!). The cable will go from his under-stairs board, up through the landing to the loft...
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    Distribution Board Height in a Small Cottage - Full Rewire

    Right doing a job for my registration assessment so got to get it spot on. Job is an old cottage but been stripped right out and complete rewire. Am I correct in saying the dB hight has to be at the same hight as light switch? Seems far to low if u ask me.
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    New PIR lights not working??

    Hi there, Is anyone familiar with the Epsom LED PIR Twin Floodlight 18w you get from Screwfix? I installed one last week, and worked fine. Installed two new ones today for a client, and they are not working. It states in the manual to mount 1.8m to 2.5m off of the ground and i have to...
  11. haptism

    Part M, Consumer Unit Height

    Been looking at a job that needs a new CU and associated sockets & lights. The structure is a kit log cabin (fancy shed). Part M specifies that height of CU in a new structure (such as this) should be between 1350mm and 1450mm. The shed is a temporary structure, it is in a Church' grounds, so...
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    Minimum Height Of Conduit

    I have just finished a job for a customer part of which entailed running 20mm conduit horizontally at 1.75 metres above ground along a vertical railway sleeper type wall at the end of a parking area for their two cars. I have just had an email from the customer saying that they want the conduit...
  13. custie86

    Cooker Hood Socket Outlet

    I have been training part time as an electrician now for almost 2 years. I am considering re-wiring my kitchen and getting the work verified under a self certification scheme, not sure which company to use yet! I have been delving through the regs and am quite confident to under take the work...
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    Socket height in outbuilding

    Morning all, Just a quick one today. Do sockets heights in an outbuilding have to be 450mm from floor level. It is a new outbuilding. Customer wants the sockets at 300mm from floor.
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    External sounder and strobe regulation for height?

    Working on a remote building which requires a fire alarm fitting a beacon externally to raise alarm if building is unoccupied the position of the beacon will be on a gable in clear view of as many windows of the neighbouring building as possible and in clear view from the car park but...
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    CU with a Left Hand Main Switch

    Hi Guys I'm wanting to replace an old 8 way consumer unit which is above the kitchen cupboards. I've limited height of 233mm. All cables are top entry but the tails are to the left of the rest and no doubt won't move. Anyone know of a Amd3, dual RCD unit , min 8 ways, max 230 mm height, left...
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    switch and socket height in new build commercial shop/workshop

    Is there a minimum/maximum height of switches and sockets in a non domesic building? Im building myself a commercial unit with public shop area and need to know if the same rules apply as with domestic? Also is it correect to mount break glass call points at 140cm from ground level?
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    Has Electrician made a mistake with height?

    Hi, As part of a full house renovation the house was completely rewired. I asked the Electrician to fit the plug sockets in the home office at a high level so that the printers sitting on the cabinets can easily be plugged into them. The plug sockets would be concealed by the printers. I did...
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    Siting of fuse box.

    I'm renovating an old cottage which includes replacing the kitchen. Currently the fuse box is at ceiling height about 920mms above the drainer side of the sink unit. Is it against the regs to have a fuse box above the sink unit? Was thinking of relocating the sink anyway but it would be useful...
  20. S

    Height of switch gear...???

    Hi. New to this site so hopefully this question is in the right place. Working on new build atm, and sockets and switches are at the correct height (450 -1200mm off ffl) But the other sparky has asked me to install fan isolator switches at 2010mm (top of box) and for the storage heaters...

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