Wanting some clarification, Dwarf wall is 500mm from finished floor, customer requires sockets, do I still have to fix at 450mm from the floor?
It will look dreadful if I do!!
It will look dreadful if I do!!
Socket heights in a dwarf wall
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Would look a bit daft if you did 
If the whole property is a new build then (if the wall height allowed) you'd be oblidged under part M (I think) to do it.
But it isn't a new build, isn't practical and thus the location is down to you and your clients considerations.
If the whole property is a new build then (if the wall height allowed) you'd be oblidged under part M (I think) to do it.
But it isn't a new build, isn't practical and thus the location is down to you and your clients considerations.
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Oh yes you must comply - think of the consequences if you don't. The world may end - it could be worse than global warming .
Or you could look at Approved Document M section 4.25 and decide that the exception mentioned there for floor boxes in open plan offices might just be applicable in your situation. The actual Regulations just appear to call for 'reasonable provision' for the "use the building and its facilities".
I am sure one of the many 'experts' on the Building Regulations that post on here will give you a more definitive answer.
BTW are you sure the term Dwarf Wall is acceptable - surely that should be vertically challenged.
.Or you could look at Approved Document M section 4.25 and decide that the exception mentioned there for floor boxes in open plan offices might just be applicable in your situation. The actual Regulations just appear to call for 'reasonable provision' for the "use the building and its facilities".
I am sure one of the many 'experts' on the Building Regulations that post on here will give you a more definitive answer.
BTW are you sure the term Dwarf Wall is acceptable - surely that should be vertically challenged
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thanks guys very very helpful, read part M couldn't decide, cheers
Do what ever looks right, ask the client where they would prefer them to be placed, no one will shoot you, promise!
It's only a requirement in new builds and even then if the client says they would like them lower, I'd put them lower.
It's only a requirement in new builds and even then if the client says they would like them lower, I'd put them lower.
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I have had so many arguments about height from mounting thermostat too low specially so my mother in a wheel chair can reach it. And bedroom sockets too low so they go under bed and are not damaged by the bed being pulled away and then returned to wall.
Even Part M can't seem to make it's mind up and why 400mm in commercial and 450mm in domestic I have never worked out.
Each time as soon as explained why they have been accepted and I now just use common sense.
Even Part M can't seem to make it's mind up and why 400mm in commercial and 450mm in domestic I have never worked out.
Each time as soon as explained why they have been accepted and I now just use common sense.
Eric, are you completely barking mad?
If not, you soon will be if you attempt to square common sense with any regulations....
If not, you soon will be if you attempt to square common sense with any regulations....
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