Electrical

Plug Sockets - Height requirements & certification

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.03 PM

I have had my loft boarded and a light put into the loft. I have also had 2 double plug sockets put into my garage - there was electricity already in the garage. The contractor I used has put the sockets in the garage too high - he now says that the law requires them at a certain height "so I don't damage them when I park in the garage"! I have disputed this and done some research and to my understanding there is no height requirement for a plug socket in an uninhabitable room - is this right? Also, should I have a minor electrical works certificate from the contractor for the loft light and plus in the garage? UPDATE: Thanks for the replies - I did tell him where I wanted them and he has just ignored it. He has now moved them lower but in a worse place than before - they are also ignoring all my calls to get in touch regarding certification and the sockets. UPDATE - 23.06.16 - 02:51 If they are not Part P Registered - and I have read a lot in the last few days about this - are they legally allowed to do electrical work at a dwelling as there was never any mention of a Minor Works Certificate in our conversations and I only realised I required one when I have been researching the height requirement of sockets. A friend has used this company and they haven't had an issues but neither did they get a certificate for the light installed in the attic. I can get a local tradesman to fix the work - sadly he was not available to do the job initially. However for me it is the principal of the matter now - I paid them in good faith for a job which is not completed to my satisfaction and have been lied to about Building Regulations as a "get out" for having to come back. Thank you all for your comments by the way.