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standard worktop height is 36", so sockets above worktops generally 4" -6" above that.
 
I would recommend that the bottom of the socket box is level with tile course between bottom and next tile. This would normally be either 4" or 6" above worktop.
 
building regs stipulate between knee height and --- height. knees for washing machines. ---- for above work top. ssimplesss.
 
About 1.2m fits nicely, then again Ive just been doing a kitchen today and the kitchen fitter insisted they went 100mm above the worktop height which is straight above the upstand of 100mm, personally I think it's too low, but the kitchen fitter said put them there and so did the customer.

but usually, 1200mm seems ok, hang on, but another kitchen I did, it was crucial that they lined up with the tiles.
 
Keep doing what you are doing. Co-ordinate with customers preference, wall unit heights, and size and placement of tiles.
In my experience its the tiles that have the biggest say.
 
About 1.2m fits nicely, then again Ive just been doing a kitchen today and the kitchen fitter insisted they went 100mm above the worktop height which is straight above the upstand of 100mm, personally I think it's too low, but the kitchen fitter said put them there and so did the customer.

but usually, 1200mm seems ok, hang on, but another kitchen I did, it was crucial that they lined up with the tiles.
Would look terrible imho. And no better than sockets on top of skirting throughout the rest of the house. Personally I'd have insisted on another 50mm above the upstand.
 
Keep doing what you are doing. Co-ordinate with customers preference, wall unit heights, and size and placement of tiles.
In my experience its the tiles that have the biggest say.

Or upstands of granite which I keep using as the "reference" - and then I tend to make sure they are not too close!
 
Would look terrible imho. And no better than sockets on top of skirting throughout the rest of the house. Personally I'd have insisted on another 50mm above the upstand.

Well I went through it several times and they were adiment, customer gets what he asks for, if it looks crap it's not my fault.
 
We generally work at 1100mm from finished floor level to the bottom of the back box I'm not sure how that coverts in to imperial


1100mm is 43inches and a smoke-end. you need to be precise in this game.
 

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