New Sockets

[Chri5]

Maybe they grab the lead at the device end (thinking being that most devices sit on furniture cabinets, tables etc) and lift up the plug

 

[riveralt]

Minimum height from the floor of 400mm to base of socket.

If you're going by the guideline heights given in the Approved Document for Building Regs. Part M, it's 450mm for dwellings (the 400mm level is for non-dwellings).

Quote: The Building Regulations require switches and socket-outlets in dwelling to be installed so that all persons including those whose reach is limited can easily use them. A way of satisfying the requirement is to install switches, socket-outlets and controls throughout the dwelling in accessible positions and at a height of between 450mm and 1200mm from finished floor level.

For new dwellings there is a bit more to do than just the the height position of the sockets right

 

[Paul_C]

A way of satisfying the requirement is to install switches, socket-outlets and controls throughout the dwelling in accessible positions and at a height of between 450mm and 1200mm from finished floor level.[/i]

So says the guidance in the Part M Approved Document, but as those documents point out, the suggestions contained therein are not the only way of satisfying the requirements.

All that the relevant part of the Building Regulations themselves require in this respect is that:

Reasonable provision shall be made for people to -

(a) gain access to; and

(b) use the building and its facilities.

The problem comes with the varying interpretations of that very broad, even somewhat vague, requirement.