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Of course, which isn't compliant.
I get that below a hatch is ok for some, for me it isn't.
Moving stop tap above floorboards, terraced house
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I get that below a hatch is ok for some, for me it isn't.
I hadn't really been thinking about this from a regulatory perspective. I think if I tried to make everything in this house conform to current regulations I would be in or a very expensive time! I understand the point though - it would be marginally more convenient above the boards.
On thing that springs to mind from a regulations perspective. If the tap was moved, it would pop up from the floorboards adjacent to skirting. Above this particular bit of skirting runs an electrical cable in trunking. Either the tap would be installed onto the skirting, in which case it would be very low to the floor. Or, if the pipe went up above the skirting it would need to cross this trunking at 90 degrees. Is that allowed - would it mean that the copper pipes have to sit further forward from the wall so as not to touch the trunking?
On thing that springs to mind from a regulations perspective. If the tap was moved, it would pop up from the floorboards adjacent to skirting. Above this particular bit of skirting runs an electrical cable in trunking. Either the tap would be installed onto the skirting, in which case it would be very low to the floor. Or, if the pipe went up above the skirting it would need to cross this trunking at 90 degrees. Is that allowed - would it mean that the copper pipes have to sit further forward from the wall so as not to touch the trunking?
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Low to the floor is fine, especially as the pipework is just going back down below the floor anyway.
Few such regulations are intended to be retrospective.
If it was my house, given that you already have a stopcock outside, and given that you'll have easy access via the recessed doormat, I'd go with option 2.
...and co-ordinate the fitting change to after you know where the mat is going, but before the boards go back down (unless the access would be easy for the plumber to change the fitting after the floor is finished).
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Lol, access from a recessed doormat. Ok...
I'd be tempted to get a doormat with the word 'stopcock' printed on it.
'Welcome' is more usual..
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Only if you are...
but denso might just still walk in
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