Electrical

ring main socket behind a washing machine

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.36 PM

hi, i am planning on installing a new work counter in my kitchen underneath which will be a washing machine and tumble drying. At the moment there is an electrical socket at the same height that the worktop will be at. so my preferred plan A is to remove that socket and lower it a few inches to below the new worktop and reintegrate it into the ring main (using an rcd socket), and then run a spur from it to a new socket above the worktop. my first question does that fall foul of building regulations with a ring main socket behind a washing machine? if plan A is no good, plan B would be to make the socket above the worktop the ring main socket and run a spur to a fused switch and then down to the socket below the worktop. Would that satisfy the regulations? if i am forced to use plan B, the cables from the ring main would be too short to reach the new socket, so can i just splice in a extra foot or so of cable with connector strips which i then bury in the wall or would i need some meatier form of splicing method or would i need to run 2 new cables all the way to the next sockets in the ring main? ok so i've had a couple of answers so far and i think i may have made my question overly confusing. the main thrust of my question is: is it ok to move a ring main socket (which is rcd protected) down about 6 inch's and reinstate it and for 2 free standing appliances (washing machine / tumble dryer) to be directly in front of the new position and use the sockets? all the other details i added was me trying to think around to a different solution if thats not allowed, it would seem from the 2 answers i've got that it is allowed so the rest of the details in the original question are surplus to requirements