Switch height problem

[marc8]

Re: Switch hight problem

#7 using dimmers & refurb & your going to use 25mm back box try a 35mm otherwise you may have problems fitting dimmers but then again you might not.

 

[shanky887614]

Re: Switch hight problem

on new builds the 450 socket 1200 switch rule obviously is for wheelchair users.

i know that but even sitting on the floor you can reach light switches, if they were sat in a wheelchair 1500 would be reachable

 

[Plonker 3]

Re: Switch hight problem

Its a bloody light switch, hardly the most used electrical accessory in a house. As long as it is reachable does it matter what height it mounted at?

 

[Risteard]

Re: Switch hight problem

He claims building regs state that nogins must also be at 1200mm how can this be when that is the hight of a switch???

It's the MAXIMUM height for the switch, not the required height.

 

[dcelectrical]

Re: Switch hight problem

you have all missed a trick here a 28mm surface box will sort this out no problem!!!!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Re: Switch hight problem

Not much work with a multi tool.

Not long at all and I like the idea of having a noggin to fix to.

 

[Doomed]

If I get the chance I ASK the builder to put noggins in where I am having switches / sockets, quick notch with a small saw and a bash with a decent wood chisel and you get a decent fixing point.

 

[Knobhead]

Re: Switch hight problem

Can't really believe what I just read.

Ditto.

 

[marc8]

#37 I would just get in & cut the noggins myself if you start off putting more work back on the builder they will either get the hump with you straight off the back or start charging you. Best thing price the job get the job done with little inconvenience to them as possible

 

[Parker27]

keep small brats, wheelchair users, dwarfs, leprechauns and builders happy - install ceiling mounted pull cord switches.

 

[trev]

Here's a thing, to comply with part m we have to put switches at no more that 1200mm from ffl. No one seems to have worried about those lamps hanging from pendants 2 metres above ffl. How the hell is someone in a wheelchair going to sort them when they go? Levitation?

 

[telectrix]

i have a couple of customers in wheel chairs. they do the sensible thing and if their care assistant/home help can't do it, they phone me.

 

[trev]

But the whole point is accessibility

 

[telectrix]

i know. but the accessibility is for normal usage of accessories. i'd not expect someone in a wheelchair to be replacing blown lamps. it's just a question of how far do you go.

 

[Forty4]

If you can't work out to turn a nogging quarter of a turn or notch it out lets hope you never come up to a problem more challenging