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I'm in York. I think I'm going to get the spade out as there is another factor I hadn't considered till now. The house end of the steel conduit finishes under a suspended wood floor, at some point I'm removing this and having it concreted. This would mean I would need to extend the steel...

HI John / Eric Thanks for all the advise, I need to consider quite a few things before I speak to the sparks again, which is why I wanted to ask in the first place. If I do cave and get the spade out, to go with the SWA as said earlier I would want to swap to T+E in the house as routing...

Hi John, I will discuss with the electrician I just want to be prepared with some knowledge. I agree digging up the garden would be a hassle and as such laying a new SWA cable would be best but there is already a 2.5mm T+E cable running through a steel conduit, so if I use this again I...

Hi Eric, It would be 25m to the consumer unit from the garage, it's only 10m from the garage to the downstairs ring - so I guess the volt drop for a 13A spurred socket and a 5A light fitting would be fine. I understood, perhaps wrongly, that the steel conduit would need to be earthed.

I wish I was home when the sparks came to measure up, I have more questions now than before they came. I may get another quote and make sure I'm home and prepared. After more digging it seems I may be able to use the existing 2.5mm cable running through the steel conduit. If I have it...

Great thanks. I've been doing a bit of research, coz I'm tempted to suggest I do all the donkey work - route all the cables and dig all trenches. Then ask for another quote to do the connections and provide the paper work. I was told by them both I'd need 6mm SWA or T+E as it was a long...

Thanks for all the responses. I haven't received the quotes as yet but I'm tempted to go with the armoured cable If I dig the trench and remove the steel it should reduce the quote a fair amount. I did ask for an itemised quote for that reason. The only thing I had against the armoured...

Hi, I want to sort out the wiring in my garage, it is currently disconnected as it was spurred off a socket in the dining room. When we had the house rewired they said I would need to have the cable replaced to the garage and the garage re-wired too. As we could not afford the lot at this...