someone cocked up lol

[crow11]

my niece just moved into a flat in a converted building split into 6 flats, these where only done about 5 years ago, when she showed me this just had to laugh, double socket slap bang in the middle behind the kitchen radiator, looking at the kitchen this is the only place the rad can go, so someone cocked up on the design, then to top it off she rang me and said washing machine plug wont reach, they have put the socket in a cupboard on the other side of the sink nowhere near the opening for the washer

 

[shagbite]

Rubbish. Only an idiot would blindly follow such a ridiculous course of action, but then we are talking about plumbers here i suppose, lol.
I have had drawings with dado trunking running across doors, sockets in mid air, tray runs through solid concrete lintels etc. Have I installed any of it ? no, I spoke to the relevant person at the time to make the decision I needed to carry on.
Pure laziness, no excuses.

If your drawing showed a socket behind a rad that was already there,

would you drop the rad off the wall, install the socket, and put it back again ?

Would you hell !

no, i'd use my common sense - leave the radiator in situ, break out the sticky-back YT2 and fix a 1" pattress on the front of the rad' (with a dab of pinkgrip on the back).

 

[ipf]

no, i'd use my common sense - leave the radiator in situ, break out the sticky-back YT2 and fix a 1" pattress on the front of the rad' (with a dab of pinkgrip on the back).

Nah....drill through for back entry!!