kitchen electrical work

Tim Smith · 2005-07-15T05:25:47+00:00

HiSince we are having our kitchen refitted, the supplier arrange for an electrician to put in some new sockets.Unfortunately, when they installed the kitchen, they foudn that one of the sockets was in slightly the wrong place (almost directly behind the gas hob).The new cables had been nicely chased into the wall coming up vertically to the socket.To move this socket to the left, they have done literally that - moved the box and taken hte cable through a 90 degree bend and filled in the plaster. Im assuming that there may even be a junction behind the plaster as the cable wont have been long enough.Ive attached a picture I saw this, I told the fitter that I didnt believe that this was within the regulations (and at this point I hadnt even thought of teh point amount a cable join) as cables have to go vertically or horizontally to sockets. His argument was that it was safe as I was tiling the wall.To cut the story short, I have now p****d of an otherwise excellent installer and wondering if Im correct with my (very limited) knowledge of the regs and if it is something that I shoudl really worry about.Now the units are in, it will be impossible to relocate this cable under the floor, is it acceptable under the regs to run the cable the required distance to the left along the skirting board (and possibly putting a connection box in) and the running a cable of the required length vertically at the required location ?Thanks for any help,Tim