CU height
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If you have the incoming supply, meter and CU in a cluster, you can put a door over them to match your kitchen decoration or cabinets.
It's best to have the cabinet very small so that people are not tempted to stack tins or cornflakes on and around the electrical items.
You can also use a lift-off cabinet so that, when necessary, access is good for maintenance.
It is best to allow ventilation at top and bottom if it fits close to the wall.
It's best to have the cabinet very small so that people are not tempted to stack tins or cornflakes on and around the electrical items.
You can also use a lift-off cabinet so that, when necessary, access is good for maintenance.
It is best to allow ventilation at top and bottom if it fits close to the wall.
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Not sure I buy the argument that a disabled person needs to be able to reach it.
Having switches and sockets that they can reach, yeah ok, thats normal use. But fiddling with protective devices is maintainance in my mind, as is replacing lamps and removing dust from extraction fans (and no one is suggesting we put those things at 450-1200
)
Anyway if you find yourself going into the DB more than once in a blue moon there is perhaps something wrong with the design
Anyway, DB should be out the way of kids, otehrwise if they are anything like I was when I was knee high to a grasshopper then they'll be switching something off every 5 mins
Having switches and sockets that they can reach, yeah ok, thats normal use. But fiddling with protective devices is maintainance in my mind, as is replacing lamps and removing dust from extraction fans (and no one is suggesting we put those things at 450-1200
)Anyway if you find yourself going into the DB more than once in a blue moon there is perhaps something wrong with the design
Anyway, DB should be out the way of kids, otehrwise if they are anything like I was when I was knee high to a grasshopper then they'll be switching something off every 5 mins
Ask them, and then you know for certain that he isn't going to throw a hissy fit and make you move it after you have cut off all the wiring too short
Have a look in most new houses, they're located in the hallway just under the ceiling.
I don't think there's a standard height which is set in stone otherwise wouldn't building control intervene? I certainly think so.
I don't think there's a standard height which is set in stone otherwise wouldn't building control intervene? I certainly think so.
AFAIK Disabled access stuff (B.R. Part M) only applies to new build. Otherwise house refurbs would need wide doors on downstairs WC, ramps up etc etc.
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