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Garden room electrics

I'm planning to batten the interior of the garden room I'm building and line it with 6mm WBP plywood with the cables in the void behind.

Can I fit flush mounting mains sockets to the plywood or does this contravene a fire safety regulation?

Mike

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  • If you go down the surface route this might be of interest. I just completed a job where I used some PVC skirting trunking https://www.dietzel-univolt.com/products/Produktdetailseite?masterartikel=036054

    Thought it looked quiet neat.

     

  • That does look neat. What's behind the T&G boards?

    Having almost certainly abandoned the idea of battens and cladding I was thinking of varnishing my OSB walls or even wallpapering them ...

    Mike

  • Nice, but doesn't leave much room below the sockets for leads attached to plugs, or for those odd shaped transformer plugs. If it were above a worktop there would be a minimum height for the socket outlet, 150mm from memory of the guidance. And if a new build it would be 350mm above the floor from building regulations, for limited ability access. But that would be a mahoosive skirting :)

    1. Nothing, it’s a solid timber wall. Used on a few  jobs, one cabin timber was about 100mm thick, the other two were about 50mm thick.
  • It’s OK for moulded plugs. Agreed transformers could be an issue. Not sure if part M applies to garden rooms/sheds.

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  • It’s OK for moulded plugs. Agreed transformers could be an issue. Not sure if part M applies to garden rooms/sheds.

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