Dishwasher next to cooker??

[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 ..."