Kitchen socket heights ?

[JM ELECTRICAL]

what height do yous usually have your kitchen sockets, is it a set height or all depending on the kitchen thats being installed ?

 

[uksparks]

Would look terrible imho. And no better than sockets on top of skirting throughout the rest of the house. Personally I'd have insisted on another 50mm above the upstand.

Well I went through it several times and they were adiment, customer gets what he asks for, if it looks crap it's not my fault.

 

[tomspark93]

Well I went through it several times and they were adiment, customer gets what he asks for, if it looks crap it's not my fault.

Until they magically want them lifting up 50mm when there's not enough on the wires..it's a no win sometimes

 

[telectrix]

We generally work at 1100mm from finished floor level to the bottom of the back box I'm not sure how that coverts in to imperial

1100mm is 43inches and a smoke-end. you need to be precise in this game.

 

[shanky887614]

1100mm is 43inches and a smoke-end. you need to be precise in this game.

well a hair over 43 and 3/8

 

[Leesparkykent]

well a hair over 43 and 3/8

Or a smoke paper lol

 

[telectrix]

i always line up the bottom of the back box @ 4" or 6" above worktop. that way there's a better than even chance that tony tiler gets his tiles straight.

 

[sparksburnout]

Well I went through it several times and they were adiment, customer gets what he asks for, if it looks crap it's not my fault.

Adam ant

 

[shanky887614]

i always line up the bottom of the back box @ 4" or 6" above worktop. that way there's a better than even chance that tony tiler gets his tiles straight.

talking about tony tyler, i sent a text into capital this morning as eric trician

 

[Plonker 3]

Depends how much you want too annoy the tiler, I usually go as others have said worktop height plus height of one tile to underside to make it easier too tile. But I have been known to put them in the middle of a tile before because the tiler is a complete arse.

 

[telectrix]

him?????:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p__WmyAE3g

 

[Jdsparky]

Personally I do them 1100 to the middle of the box above a worktop, just looks the best height to me not too high not too low, as have found in the past, putting them 1200 to top to match everything else is a little high when above a worktop.
Also who gives a rats behind about the tiler etc....nobody makes it easier for us.

 

[Engineer54]

old money lol

Some old things are better!! lol!!

 

[richy3333]

cheers lads thats more or less what ive been doing was always changing because of customer/tiles/kitchen etc was just wondering if they should be a set height

Scottish building Standards?