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Mornin' all,

Would you say that the above regulation covers a large old farm barn, now used as a workshop/man cave/motorbike storage area/snooker room? The old barn is over 100 years old. It has thick solid walls and is attached to a modernish bungalow, but with no direct access to the bungalow. Basically can I install a plastic cased consumer unit?

 

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    Hello Zoomup. I agree with David; the rationale for specifying non-combustible consumer units in domestic premises is flawed, but we are now stuck with it. In the circumstances you describe, I would choose metal rather than plastic for installation, but if I happened to have an unused plastic CU on the van, all things being equal, I would be quite happy to fit it to the barn section.

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    Hello Zoomup. I agree with David; the rationale for specifying non-combustible consumer units in domestic premises is flawed, but we are now stuck with it. In the circumstances you describe, I would choose metal rather than plastic for installation, but if I happened to have an unused plastic CU on the van, all things being equal, I would be quite happy to fit it to the barn section.

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