Daft question I'm sure

[co00okie]

OK here goes...

All the light switches in my house are set at 1450mm or there abouts from finished floor level. If I am redecorating a room and moving a light switch from one side of the door to the other do I have to set it at 1200mm? Making it the only light switch set at the correct height? Or can I just set it 1450mm like the rest?

 

[Pete999]

Your last sentence is the correct decision, Mate.

 

[Spoon]

OK here goes...

All the light switches in my house are set at 1450mm or there abouts from finished floor level. If I am redecorating a room and moving a light switch from one side of the door to the other do I have to set it at 1200mm? Making it the only light switch set at the correct height? Or can I just set it 1450mm like the rest?

The 1200mm is for new buildings. If you are altering an existing circuit then you can keep it as the same height.

 

[Spoon]

Your last sentence is the correct decision, Mate.

You spend waaaay too much time on here mate.... Give us part-timers some chance...

 

[co00okie]

Wow that was quick!!! Thanks guys much appreciated.

 

[Spoon]

Wow that was quick!!!

That's what the missus says...

 

[telectrix]

nowt wrong with a quick fumble, might be just before kick-off. or the darts/snooker finals on the telly. priorities.

 

[Pete999]

You spend waaaay too much time on here mate.... Give us part-timers some chance...

Quick draw Macgrawl is my name, no point in ----- footing around get to the point Mate, if you ain't quick enough Mate, keep out of the kitchen

 

[telectrix]

yous fit the switches at the height you want them. stuff part whatever. it's you that has to use them, not dwarfs, or children below the age of 6.

 

[Pete999]

yous fit the switches at the height you want them. stuff part whatever. it's you that has to use them, not dwarfs, or children below the age of 6.

Is that Scouse for what I said Tel?

 

[telectrix]

in a nutshell, yes.

 

[Silly Sausage]

OK here goes...

All the light switches in my house are set at 1450mm or there abouts from finished floor level. If I am redecorating a room and moving a light switch from one side of the door to the other do I have to set it at 1200mm? Making it the only light switch set at the correct height? Or can I just set it 1450mm like the rest?

Take a look at the pictures, on here, of some of the electrical work that people get paid for. Nothing or anybody ever gets done for it. The 'Authorities' don't give a sh..........

 

[Loki]

That's what the missus says...

Question is who's missus?

 

[Spoon]

Question is who's missus?

You think I can find another woman who can put up with me???.... It took me long enough to find one in the first place...

 

[magnoliafan89]

Quick question to piggy back on this...im thinking of extending my place next year. Now as there will be new bedrooms, bigger kitchen new bathroom etc etc electrically would it have to conform to part m or is it possible to have the same heights as the old part of the house

 

[telectrix]

Quick question to piggy back on this...im thinking of extending my place next year. Now as there will be new bedrooms, bigger kitchen new bathroom etc etc electrically would it have to conform to part m or is it possible to have the same heights as the old part of the house

yes it is fine. basically, heights should be similar to existing unless existing heights are stupid.

 

[static zap]

....fit the switches at the height you want them...not dwarfs, or children below the age of 6.

How long before things get moved even higher in basement rooms !
(regs love to change)

 

[KEV 1 N]

This is why switches should be at 1450mm...obviously the IET people who made it 1200mm don’t have kids!
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[telectrix]

This is why switches should be at 1450mm...
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agreed .but which retard left all those exposed live conductors?

 

[KEV 1 N]

agreed .but which retard left all those exposed live conductors?

No...no. Safe isolation procedures were carried out and all conductors proved dead