Query

[GeoR]

Hi, I would be really grateful for some information.

Myself and my wife had a new kitchen installed recently and it is a shambles . We now have a double socket (for washing machine & tumble dryer) right next the waste pipe for the kitchen sink. Is this legal? I ain't an electrician and I ain't a plumber but I do know electricity and water don't mix.

Also does anyone know of any web sites where such Rules are regulations for fitted kitchens can be found.

Thanks in advance

GeoR

 

[TANNERS]

not really a problem with the socket under the sink as it is not in contact with water or likely to become in contact unless a unforseen problem accurs ie trap leaks.
you should have queried this with the contractor if you were concerned.
also at the bare minimum you should have a completed minor works certificate for the work

 

[Pensdown]

Hi, I would be really grateful for some information.

Myself and my wife had a new kitchen installed recently and it is a shambles . We now have a double socket (for washing machine & tumble dryer) right next the waste pipe for the kitchen sink. Is this legal? I ain't an electrician and I ain't a plumber but I do know electricity and water don't mix.

Also does anyone know of any web sites where such Rules are regulations for fitted kitchens can be found.

Thanks in advance

GeoR

If your kitchen was fitted after Jan 2005 then the company should have notified your local building control before they done the electrical works, I'm assuming they were not PP certified otherwise you would have some paperwork. If they did not, then there is a good chance you could pursue this matter and maybe use it as a lever to get other none electrical works sorted. I'm not sure where the problem is, quality of work? stuff not finished? a bit more info would help

 

[BJS_Spark]

If your kitchen was fitted after Jan 2005 then the company should have notified your local building control before they done the electrical works, I'm assuming they were not PP certified otherwise you would have some paperwork. If they did not, then there is a good chance you could pursue this matter and maybe use it as a lever to get other none electrical works sorted

Not so, AFAIK part p doesn't apply this far north.

 

[Pensdown]

Glasgow, might as well be in another country, I should have spoted that.

 

[andy]

but I do know electricity and water don't mix.

water is an insulator. its the ****e in the water that conducts....

 

[dingbat]

but I do know electricity and water don't mix.

water is an insulator. its the s***te in the water that conducts....

But even then, hardly. The conductivity of water, contaminated or not is not significant. It is the greatly reduced resistance of wet skin that makes it more dangerous.

 

[Lectrician]

There is no direct regulation that states if a socket can or cant be installed under a u bend. If there was, there would be hundreds of others, and the regs would be large enough to lap the earth.

There is a reg that states you must take due account of external influences.

The u bend, when in service, will not cause a detrimental effect to the socket. What happens when there is a leak, or when a plumber unblocks the u-bend, changes the sink etc etc??

I would personally not be happy with where it is.