I think its plain daft if the CU is mounted at Part M heights, unless its in a cupboard.
just saying!
just saying!
Which Consumer Unit?
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I'm not against it, I'd rather sit on the floor to work on a CU than stand on some steps! Just saying it isn't a requirement
From Part M - 2015
Services and controls
1.18
To assist people who have reduced reach, services and controls should comply with all of the following.
a.Switches and sockets, including door bells, entry phones, light switches, power sockets, TV
aerials and telephone jacks, serving habitable rooms throughout the dwelling have their centre line 450-1200mm above floor level, as shown in Diagram 1.5.
b.Consumer units are mounted so that the switches are 1350-1450mm above floor level
Every day is a learning day!
Services and controls
1.18
To assist people who have reduced reach, services and controls should comply with all of the following.
a.Switches and sockets, including door bells, entry phones, light switches, power sockets, TV
aerials and telephone jacks, serving habitable rooms throughout the dwelling have their centre line 450-1200mm above floor level, as shown in Diagram 1.5.
b.Consumer units are mounted so that the switches are 1350-1450mm above floor level
Every day is a learning day!
And if it's accessible by someone in a wheelchair then it's also accessible to children.
meh
Where is this from?
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/partm/approved
1.18 refers to car parking on that version.
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Was this from a random Google result or is it listed on the gov.uk site somewhere? If you follow the planning portal to the correct place you get the 2013 version, which means to me that the 2015 version is not yet in force.
Unless you are disabled then it would be seen the other way around. Calling someone round every time the RCD board trips.
states in force 1st oct. might not have been updated on planning portal website which is why i didnt see it either
searching 'consumer' on previous versions comes up with nothing
Yeah, I've just been through it all and no mention of consumer units at all. The wording is completely different, does seem that it is not a minor change between these versions.
Only by complete fluke!
Obviously my electrician is ahead of the game because he specifically said the consumer unit switches cannot be over 1450.
I didn't like the fact that the light switches are so low (1200 as mentioned I think) as I am unused to it, but ultimatley I can see the reasoning for both being reachable for a disabled person (e.g wheelchair user).
Really my options are
a) leave it where we originally said, not in the location I want but try and move it up (which will mean having to be reasonably tall to access it).
b) move it to the location I want where it being ugly is not so much of a problem but then we come back to whether we can do this or not which I need to discuss with him.
I didn't like the fact that the light switches are so low (1200 as mentioned I think) as I am unused to it, but ultimatley I can see the reasoning for both being reachable for a disabled person (e.g wheelchair user).
Really my options are
a) leave it where we originally said, not in the location I want but try and move it up (which will mean having to be reasonably tall to access it).
b) move it to the location I want where it being ugly is not so much of a problem but then we come back to whether we can do this or not which I need to discuss with him.
