Dishwasher next to cooker??

[steve snakeman]

I have just been handed a kitchen drawing where the dishwasher is sited next to a cooker with only a 20mm decor end separating them.Does anyone know if this is against either the wiring regs or the building regs.I was always of the opinion a water source should be as far away from a cooker as possible?

 

[telectrix]

nothing wrong there, IMHO.

 

[SimpleSimon]

Can't see any problem in this, just be more careful about where the socket for the dishwasher is going as I assume a sink must be close by? Just make sue the socket doesn't end up directly under the sink.

Simon

 

[micknew]

Why can't a socket go under a sink?

 

[telectrix]

Because that's a plumbers domain.

 

[Octopus]

Why can't a socket go under a sink?

Danger of water ingress perhaps?

 

[steve snakeman]

Thanks believe it or not the sink is nearly 3m away.Also has an expelair marked directly above the cooker,not happy with that either.

 

[telectrix]

above oven or hob?

 

[steve snakeman]

electric oven in cooker housing unit with gas hob cut into worktop.

 

[telectrix]

why not a cooker hood then? that would be the ideal solution.

 

[micknew]

Danger of water ingress perhaps?

Best not have a socket in the roof then in case the roof leaks.
There again roofs have been known to leak, good job RCCD's are the norm.

 

[telectrix]

to get back on track, my dishwasher is next to the cooker. that way she can check on my dinner at the same time

 

[steve snakeman]

cooker hood would be ideal but its not up to me unfortunately

 

[SimpleSimon]

Best not have a socket in the roof then in case the roof leaks.
There again roofs have been known to leak, good job RCCD's are the norm.

So your saying if you saw a socket directly under a sink not draining board you'd be happy?

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[isitintheregs]

My dishwasher and cooker have sat next to each other for a few years now without any mishaps, however I was called out over the week-end to a dishwasher where the hose had split and was deluging the socket it was plugged into with gallons of water. Maybe socket position is more important than dishwasher location.

 

[micknew]

You have a point, so perhaps control equipment and spur for jacuzzi baths and the like should not be installed under the baths.

 

[jase]

its not against building regs to have a socket under the sink but it does say something about where it goes under a sink in relation to pipework, and dont forget in the regs proximity of external influences etc etc

 

[Knobhead]

A dish washer and a washing machine both require water and electricity. If you carry this argument on we’ll all be out in the back yard with a dolly tub and posser. Just use common sense. Try telling my ex she can’t use the washing machine, you’ll be having the copper end of the posser surgically removed from your nether regions.

 

[isitintheregs]

You have a point, so perhaps control equipment and spur for jacuzzi baths and the like should not be installed under the baths.

I think they are safe enough, for two reasons, no easy access and rcd protection. An older circuit to a kitchen might not be rcd protected, as the one I was called to wasn't. The tap supplying the dishwasher was right next to the socket and the plastic end end on the hose had split. Needless to say, that installation requires attention, a newer installation would be rcd protected.

 

[Edd]

I have just been handed a kitchen drawing where the dishwasher is sited next to a cooker with only a 20mm decor end separating them.Does anyone know if this is against either the wiring regs or the building regs.I was always of the opinion a water source should be as far away from a cooker as possible?

some kitchen contracts for housing assotiations and councils ive worked on have specified that no white goods to be positioned next to the cooker space. on other contracts theres been no mention. so Its just personal prefrence.

 

[lauriehurman]

electrician's guide to the building regs 5.2.2 (v) "Socket outlet supplying washing machines, dishwasher etc should be positioned so that water that may drip from the plumbing or the equipment ..."