The Ealing Extension Where the Electrician Changed More About the Kitchen Than the Builder Did
The walls were up. The roof was on. The plastering was finished. The kitchen was about to be installed. And then the electrician arrived and made six decisions that changed how our kitchen works more than any structural element the builder had constructed over the previous ten weeks. Our ealing architects practice had specified every socket, switch, and light position on the drawings. Not as an afterthought. As a core part of the kitchen design. Because where you put the electrics determines where you put everything else. Most homeowners never think about electrics until the electrician asks where they want the sockets. By then it is too late to get it right. Why Electrics Get Ignored During Design Because they are invisible. Nobody walks into a kitchen and admires the socket positions. Nobody photographs the light switch layout for Instagram. Nobody tells friends about the double socket behind the bin cupboard. But try using a kitchen where the sockets are in the wrong place. Th...