Funnily enough was watching Cowboy builders last night and in the property under the investigation the builder had a shut of water valve directly above the consumer unit and obviously pipework carrying water in that vicinity.
The EXPERT and melissa were both shaking there heads and saying how big a no no this was.
What i didnt get was? obviously quite rightly it does seem like a massive NO NO NEVER thing to do, but is this a regulationary thing.
I enquire because in a renovation I am undertaking, i have a fixed (cast in stone) position for my consumer unit, meter etc. directly above this is the bathroom, and although I can keep all the domestic water and waste completely away from above the consumer unit, I am left with one position only were i can fix the Radiator/towel rail, which will be directly above the consumer unit etc.
Basically at gound floor at almost ceiling level i have CU coming out of the top of this are my circuits between joists, also in the vicinity, but not adjacent to, i will have the 15mm flow and return of the central heating feeding the Rad/towel rail. to some extent the valves of the said rad will be directly above the CU, seperated byfloorboard, joist, plasterboard.
What are the regs on this??
If regulation allows i will do it, however not without tanking in such a way as water would never be able to discharge from the rad to the CU.
All advice appreciated.
Russell
The EXPERT and melissa were both shaking there heads and saying how big a no no this was.
What i didnt get was? obviously quite rightly it does seem like a massive NO NO NEVER thing to do, but is this a regulationary thing.
I enquire because in a renovation I am undertaking, i have a fixed (cast in stone) position for my consumer unit, meter etc. directly above this is the bathroom, and although I can keep all the domestic water and waste completely away from above the consumer unit, I am left with one position only were i can fix the Radiator/towel rail, which will be directly above the consumer unit etc.
Basically at gound floor at almost ceiling level i have CU coming out of the top of this are my circuits between joists, also in the vicinity, but not adjacent to, i will have the 15mm flow and return of the central heating feeding the Rad/towel rail. to some extent the valves of the said rad will be directly above the CU, seperated byfloorboard, joist, plasterboard.
What are the regs on this??
If regulation allows i will do it, however not without tanking in such a way as water would never be able to discharge from the rad to the CU.
All advice appreciated.
Russell