Is it within the regs to fit sockets without securing them to a wall/cupboard?

[Rockingit]

On domestic new builds that I’ve done in the past, I’ve overcome this problem by having a switch / SFU above counter but then run a long length of chased in flex from it downwards to below the plaster line, couple of meters of slack and then fitted a 13a trailing socket.

 

[DPG]

Standard back boxes and 13A sockets dangling on the end of twin and earth cable is horrendous.

 

[nicebutdim]

If there isn't sufficient space to plug into a recessed outlet behind appliances, then kitchen designers have some questions to answer.

 

[brianmoooore]

The only time I've ever done anything like this is when I provided a supply under some units, fed from a bank of light switches, to feed some LEDs
to be fitted in the plinth.
When the LEDs turned up, their PSU was a wall wart, so I fitted a surface box and a 1G unswitched socket to a small rectangle of left over plinth, with a couple of cable event cable clips, and pushed the whole lot under the unit s.

 

[Pete G]

Do the appliances have switches above the worktop?

Yes they have switches which isolate the sockets

 

[telectrix]

If it like mine, there will be a bank of grid switches.

recipe for failure. the number of failed grid switches I've had to replace over years is approaching 3 figures. last one was a bank of 4, and 3 of them had been bridged out. they are rated at 20A, so why do they keep failing at 10A ???