May seem a silly question, but is there a 'standard' fixing height for a BT master socket? Of course BT originally screwed it to the skirting, and the skirting is going to be replaced, so it's time to put the socket in the right place.
Telephone master socket
Feb 14, 2006
9 Replies
Nope, stick it where you like.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
It should be installed at a height so that you can't quite reach it by leaning over the back of the sofa.
Aligned with the electrical sockets looks best.
Christian.
My old BT one is about 2 feet off the ground, in line with the windowsill.
I see you can get flush mounting ones now, so it seems sensible to put it in line with the mains sockets; which I've just done. Now to replace the skirting.
All user accessible sockets are supposed to be within 450mm and 1.2m of the finished floor, so cripples and old ladies can reach them.
Its a building regulation.
Not for a BT line it ain't. :-) it can be positioned anywhere the person chooses. However this is normally left to the discretion of the engineer.
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote
IIRC this only applies to sockets etc in a new build/part build, not to individual new fittings in an existing install.
Phil
Strictly it does, but who is to tell?
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