19. Accessibility to water fittings

An approved person must not install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, a water fitting in such a position as will prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement.

Paragraph (1) does not apply if it is not reasonably practicable to provide the reasonable access. (3) Nothing in paragraph (1) prohibits —

the enclosing of any pipe or fitting in a chase or duct, or in plastering, if the pipe or fitting is reasonably accessible for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1); or

the installation of any pipe in a pipe sleeve or duct located under or within a solid floor if the pipe can be readily removed from such sleeve or duct and replaced.

An approved person must not install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, a water fitting in such a position as will prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement.

Paragraph (1) does not apply if it is not reasonably practicable to provide the reasonable access.

Nothing in paragraph (1) prohibits —

the enclosing of any pipe or fitting in a chase or duct, or in plastering, if the pipe or fitting is reasonably accessible for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1); or

the installation of any pipe in a pipe sleeve or duct located under or within a solid floor if the pipe can be readily removed from such sleeve or duct and replaced.