Dave Jones wrote:

Just reading the wiring regs, from the on site guide: P155 (Brown)

Heights of switches and sockets

The Building Regulations require switches and sockets-outlets in dwellings
to be installed so that all persons including those whose reach is limited
can easily use them. A way of satisfying the requirements is to install
switches and sockets in habitable rooms at a height between 450mm and 1200mm
from the finished floor level. Unless the dwelling is for persons whose
reach is limited the requirements would not apply to kitchens and garages
but specifically only to rooms that visitors would normally use.

This refers to reg 553-01-06 which states
A socket-outlet on a wall shall be mounted at a height above the floor or
any working surface to minimize the risk of mechanical damage to the
socket-outlet or to an associated plug and its flexible cord which might be
caused during insertion, use or withdrawal of the plug.

Unless Part M has other regs which countermand this, to me this does not
seem enforceable as nothing in the wiring regs specifying any height.

I think you'll find it is enforceable under Part M - although so far as
houses are concerned this only applies to new-build. Approved Document
M contains the same diagram that appears in the OSG. You might be able
to argue that it doesn't say that *all* sockets have to be between those
heights.

--
Andy