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davetoms
Hi, i am having my consumer unit replaced in the house, and a new consumer unit in the garage for lights and sockets.
I have had a couple of electricians come out and look at the job, but they both say conflicting things about how the job needs to be done, so i would like some advice about which one of them is correct.
The first bone of contention is the house consumer unit. Currently is located in the cupboard under the stairs. One of the electricians says for it to be updated to a new board it has to be moved, as under the stairs isn't allowed anymore. While the other electrician says as it is a replacement/upgrade it can be stay under the stairs, because it would be a big job and expensive to move it elsewhere.
Which is correct? Ideally it would be able to stay where it is.
The second bone of contention is the new consumer unit going in the garage. The first electrician says the new consumer unit can't be located to close to the wall, i think he said it had to be at least 400mm away from the corner of the wall (which seems a bit odd to me).
The second electrician says the new consumer unit can go where ever i want with the only limitations being height restrictions, essentially it can be fitted right in the corner nearly butted up against the wall which is where the supply cable enters the garage.
Which is correct?
I have had a couple of electricians come out and look at the job, but they both say conflicting things about how the job needs to be done, so i would like some advice about which one of them is correct.
The first bone of contention is the house consumer unit. Currently is located in the cupboard under the stairs. One of the electricians says for it to be updated to a new board it has to be moved, as under the stairs isn't allowed anymore. While the other electrician says as it is a replacement/upgrade it can be stay under the stairs, because it would be a big job and expensive to move it elsewhere.
Which is correct? Ideally it would be able to stay where it is.
The second bone of contention is the new consumer unit going in the garage. The first electrician says the new consumer unit can't be located to close to the wall, i think he said it had to be at least 400mm away from the corner of the wall (which seems a bit odd to me).
The second electrician says the new consumer unit can go where ever i want with the only limitations being height restrictions, essentially it can be fitted right in the corner nearly butted up against the wall which is where the supply cable enters the garage.
Which is correct?
