Looking at a thread about some minor work in a kitchen has made me think about this ....
One of my neighbours has a fairly atypical setup - a smallish 'kitchen' with just a cooker (actually run on LPG), a microwave, a sink and 'food preparation facilities' (lots of worksurfaces, cupboards etc.). An adjacent large 'utility room' contains a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, fridge/freezer and sink but no 'food preparation facilities' (for a start, no 'work surfaces').
The Schedule of Part B defines a kitchen as "a room or part of a room which contains a sink and food preparation facilities".
Taking the rules literally, this seems to indicate that electrical work in the'utility room' would not be notifiable on the basis of being in a 'kitchen' (although it obviously might be notifiable for other reasons), despite the fact that, in terms of electricity/water, the room contains almost as much as most kitchens (lacking only a cooker). Is that how people would interpret the situation?
Kind Regards, John.
One of my neighbours has a fairly atypical setup - a smallish 'kitchen' with just a cooker (actually run on LPG), a microwave, a sink and 'food preparation facilities' (lots of worksurfaces, cupboards etc.). An adjacent large 'utility room' contains a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, fridge/freezer and sink but no 'food preparation facilities' (for a start, no 'work surfaces').
The Schedule of Part B defines a kitchen as "a room or part of a room which contains a sink and food preparation facilities".
Taking the rules literally, this seems to indicate that electrical work in the'utility room' would not be notifiable on the basis of being in a 'kitchen' (although it obviously might be notifiable for other reasons), despite the fact that, in terms of electricity/water, the room contains almost as much as most kitchens (lacking only a cooker). Is that how people would interpret the situation?
Kind Regards, John.