Any advice would be appreciated please - I'll apologise in advance for the long rambling post.
First of all a bit of background. Recently had kitchen refitted - kept two of the original appliances the washing machine and fridge/freezer - everything else brand new. The same local company did everything, apart from the flooring which we are having fitted by a friend who is a professional carpet fitter. He wants to put the vinyl right under the appliances to the wall, which will make them easier to pull out in future, etc. Being a very small kitchen this means w/m and f/f will have to be disconnected and removed from the room.
Should be no problem we thought. However, after pulling out the washing machine this evening, we cannot find out where it is plugged in! There is a switch above the worktop with a fuse in it and a lead coming from the back of the machine and going to ???? we do not know, presumably a socket on the wall at the back of the sink unit (corner sink) and not accessible. In addition, the f/f is connected into a junction (?) box and then into a fused switch above the worktop. Both leads are long enough for the applicances to be removed for any repairs, but does not allow us to remove them from the room when they have to be replaced.
I am assuming that all this is electrically safe, but thought that the switches above the worktop lead to a socket below with a simple plug in.
Any thoughts would be appreciated please - should I go back to the kitchen company and ask them to install accessible sockets or is it normal for a fitted kitchen to be done this way. We do not want to touch any of the electrics ourselves as we haven't a clue what we are doing. However, we do want to be able to remove the appliances from the room if the need arises, especially in respect of fitting the vinyl.
Thanks for reading this.
First of all a bit of background. Recently had kitchen refitted - kept two of the original appliances the washing machine and fridge/freezer - everything else brand new. The same local company did everything, apart from the flooring which we are having fitted by a friend who is a professional carpet fitter. He wants to put the vinyl right under the appliances to the wall, which will make them easier to pull out in future, etc. Being a very small kitchen this means w/m and f/f will have to be disconnected and removed from the room.
Should be no problem we thought. However, after pulling out the washing machine this evening, we cannot find out where it is plugged in! There is a switch above the worktop with a fuse in it and a lead coming from the back of the machine and going to ???? we do not know, presumably a socket on the wall at the back of the sink unit (corner sink) and not accessible. In addition, the f/f is connected into a junction (?) box and then into a fused switch above the worktop. Both leads are long enough for the applicances to be removed for any repairs, but does not allow us to remove them from the room when they have to be replaced.
I am assuming that all this is electrically safe, but thought that the switches above the worktop lead to a socket below with a simple plug in.
Any thoughts would be appreciated please - should I go back to the kitchen company and ask them to install accessible sockets or is it normal for a fitted kitchen to be done this way. We do not want to touch any of the electrics ourselves as we haven't a clue what we are doing. However, we do want to be able to remove the appliances from the room if the need arises, especially in respect of fitting the vinyl.
Thanks for reading this.