Consumer unit height?

[SPARTYKUS]

Not sure about the lockable thingy danny, as long as the key is visible and not in Dads pocket 4 miles up the lane parked up with his secretary in a steamy car, oscillating at 1.3Hertz

 

[telectrix]

It is important to remember that Part M was introduced to ensure that new buildings are readily accessible for people with a disability in particularly those in wheelchairs. If a light bulb blows which puts the RCD out then the Consumer Unit needs to be in a position and at a height that a person in a wheelchair can access to reset it.

so how do they go about replacing the light bulb. do we have to fit 5ft pendant drops???

 

[SimpleSimon]

Fan isolators are always a funny one, you always see them above Door height and noone says anything, hell that's where I put mine.

 

[Dannyspark]

It is important to remember that Part M was introduced to ensure that new buildings are readily accessible for people with a disability in particularly those in wheelchairs. If a light bulb blows which puts the RCD out then the Consumer Unit needs to be in a position and at a height that a person in a wheelchair can access to reset it.

so how do they go about replacing the light bulb. do we have to fit 5ft pendant drops???

Well that's where we come in at £40 per hour :teeth_smile:

 

[telectrix]

that's because the fan isolator is there for maintenance of the fan. it's not expected that the electrician coming to fix/replace the fan will be in a wheelchair.

 

[Rockingit]

Agree with Tel on this one, it's all half-thought logic and ridiculous. So switches and sockets between 450 & 1200 and standardised width doors. OK........so what do they do about the stairs and the showers and the hobs and the reset button on the fire alarm and and and.....

Not suggesting that we should return to the dark days of mounting CU's almost touching the ceilings, but there's a middle line of common sense that has been lost entirely.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

that's because the fan isolator is there for maintenance of the fan. it's not expected that the electrician coming to fix/replace the fan will be in a wheelchair.

I feel I deserve one. (wheelchair not fan isolator)

 

[Engineer54]

Agree with Tel on this one, it's all half-thought logic and ridiculous. So switches and sockets between 450 & 1200 and standardised width doors. OK........so what do they do about the stairs and the showers and the hobs and the reset button on the fire alarm and and and.....

Not suggesting that we should return to the dark days of mounting CU's almost touching the ceilings, but there's a middle line of common sense that has been lost entirely.

Agree, ''Commonsense'' being the operative word!!! And sorely lacking in these modern times!!.... lol!!

 

[telectrix]

was it tony that posted a thread on the demise of common sense the other day? all too true. common sense out the window and H&S and PC brigade in nthrough the back door.

 

[Fin170]

Was doing a barn conversion a while back and the customer specified that all switches and sockets be placed at 'old' heights and because it was a existing structure this was fine under part M

Debatable, but the building inspector gave the go ahead :skep:

I try to place the CU in the most accessible place but obviously allowing for ascetics, where the cut out is etc etc you end up pretty limited