NHBC want sockets at 450mm??

grandfortune · Sep 23, 2021

Hi all,

New build house and I've put my switches at 1100 and sockets 550mm centers

NHBC said they want them at 450mm ans 1200 as part M, ive told him those are the minimums and max. they are insisting that they are right, are they ?

almost told him where to go but big boss was there so had to bite me tongue .

please tell me im right

lots of love
Granfortune

Avo Mk8 · Sep 23, 2021

you are right - but the customer is always right too? ?

brianmoooore · Sep 23, 2021

Is the NHBC the customer - or is this just the opinion of some wannabe dictator?
You can't always tell where final floor height is going to be at the first fix stage, so it makes sense to increase the 450 a bit, and trim a little off the 1200.

Dustydazzler · Sep 23, 2021

Is always used to be 450 bottom and 1200 top , never had an issue with this

Nhbc do sometimes fabricate the odd rule thou in my experience

Julie. · Sep 23, 2021

grandfortune said:
NHBC said they want them at 450mm ans 1200 as part M, ive told him those are the minimums and max. they are insisting that they are right, are they ?

No.

Tell them to go away and read part M!

450-1200mm is a range...

telectrix · Sep 23, 2021

switches at 1100?? is the house the habitat of the 7 dwarfs?

littlespark · Sep 23, 2021

I still like 300mm and the old 1350 ish….

But then, I’m old… and tall ?

grandfortune · Sep 23, 2021

Theyve rang back and told me im right,lol phew

Dave OCD · Sep 23, 2021

Just did a partial rewire, switches at 4' 6" and sockets 15" to the top from floor level. Looks just right. ?

telectrix · Sep 24, 2021

nice to see i'm not the only one thinks in feet and inches.

R-fur · Sep 24, 2021

I took a bit of getting used to, but I quite like the new heights now.

telectrix · Sep 24, 2021

SOCKET HEIGHTS I AGREE WITH BUT SWITCHES AT WAIST HEIGHT TO A DWARFNOT ONLY LOOKS CRAP,BUT TODDLERS CAN REACH THEM

littlespark · Sep 24, 2021

telectrix said:
SOCKET HEIGHTS I AGREE WITH BUT SWITCHES AT WAIST HEIGHT TO A DWARFNOT ONLY LOOKS CRAP,BUT TODDLERS CAN REACH THEM

So can people in wheelchairs

Teach the toddler not to play with the switches.
Clip round the ear usually does it. ?

telectrix · Sep 24, 2021

a person in a wheelcair can reach to at least 4'6" as long as he/she has arms.

timhoward · Sep 24, 2021

Glad NHBC got there in the end.
I had a similar idiotic conversation once but the other way around, mine were apparently too low, so I told the jobsworth I'd allowed for the subsidence that was inevitable since it was built on a marshy flood plain. He swallowed it for a few seconds!