Wiring a kitchen and where you put appliance sockets

[Midwest]

I go back to previous post, not next door but next adjacent floor unit or wall unit; there's no sufficient space behind any appliance for plug & socket without it standing proud (someone will make something of standing proud!)

 

[123]

Sorry but if I was customer spending anywhere from 5k to 15k to 55k [Northern Ireland Price range, add on about 25-35% for Mainland) on a good new kitchen....there is simply no way I'd be happy with holes drilled for plugs to come through units and for sockets to be stuck inside units.

 

[Octopus]

It's about time the word accessible was properly defined in our glorious big book. ...

 

[123]

It's about time the word accessible was properly defined in our glorious big book. ...

Why in reference to this thread?

 

[Octopus]

Simply because people are advocating concealing sockets behind built on appliances, or loose behind kick boards.

 

[123]

Simply because people are advocating concealing sockets behind built on appliances, or loose behind kick boards.

A kick board is easily removed (unlike an integrated appliance). It can be removed in seconds. I'd call that very accessible.

Is fitting a click flow connector to a bit of floating T&E really acceptable (post #8). I wouldn't be too happy with it ... flex outlet plate a better job, but neither are MF rated. But what you have installed needs to be accessible as well anyway??

Bit of pot-kettle-black there.

 

[Des 56]

Simply because people are advocating concealing sockets behind built on appliances, or loose behind kick boards.

To add to the clouds in this thread,sockets are very often sited in adjacent cupboards
We can read the Iee Building regs guide and 5.2.2 of that guide specifically mentions not putting sockets in cupboards
They make the statement then use the word "should" be mounted on the fabric of the building and not in kitchen cupboards

If the intention is use only the fabric of the building why didn't they use the word "must"!

The Iee can sometimes speak with forked tongue

 

[Squid]

Kickboards are old school, floating kitchens is the way forward......

 

[123]

Kickboards are old school, flooding kitchens is the way forward......

Isn't that the bad plumbers job?

Seen a high end kitchen nearly totally replaced due to a leak

 

[Squid]

Isn't that the bad plumbers job?

Seen a high end kitchen nearly totally replaced due to a leak

Sausage fingers its late floating, ana raised no kick boards required and they look like rubbish.