My newly aquired Edwardian semi has obviously had some various wiring 
incarnations in it's time with occasional remnants of rubber covered cable 
around but not used. All cable is now T&E grey PVC but some of both the 
lighting and the rings cabling are connected to junction boxes under the 
floor boards.  I believe the wiring regs say that all terminations are to be 
accessible.  Does this mean that junction boxes under the floor are not 
allowed?  Following on from this I personally don't like hidden connections, 
especially on rings under wooden floors, and feel they are a possible 
overheating site, and fire risk. What does the panel feel,  getting rid of 
them would mean extensive rewiring and destruction of nice decoration.

dave

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> My newly aquired Edwardian semi has obviously had some various wiring 
> incarnations in it's time with occasional remnants of rubber covered cable 
> around but not used. All cable is now T&E grey PVC but some of both the 
> lighting and the rings cabling are connected to junction boxes under the 
> floor boards.  I believe the wiring regs say that all terminations are to 
> be accessible.  Does this mean that junction boxes under the floor are not 
> allowed?


It all depends upon what you call accessible. Lifting some carpet and a 
floorboard that has already been lifted up before is accessible in my 
opinion. If you then lay tiles or built in furniture on top of the floor 
boards and I would class the junction box as inaccessible.

Following on from this I personally don't like hidden connections,

> especially on rings under wooden floors, and feel they are a possible 
> overheating site, and fire risk. What does the panel feel,  getting rid of 
> them would mean extensive rewiring and destruction of nice decoration.



A socket on a ring main is nothing more than a juction box. If the junction 
boxes are installed correctly I see no problem.

The frequent use of juction boxes on a ring main is often a sign of added 
spurs. Are you sure that the ring mains are up to scratch?

Adam