Electrics for Garden shed limited access to CU

[Chri5]

Hello Adrian-

Whats the chance of running to cable direct to the CU via 1st floor and then dropping down ?

Your 1st floor will be boarded and it's not hard to box in an area to drop back down to the ground floor and CU location. Ok there's 4m+ of pinning the cable on the outer wall and it's a bit of hassle, but do the job correctly and it will be an asset, and you can deliver a clean 32A service to cover all your 'shed' needs.

Get a spark on side, tell him you will do the cable run in 1 section and let them handle the CU connections. If you are happy to do the mini installation of lights and sockets in the shed, since its 1 area and easy to expose all your work for inspection and test I'm sure the sparks will be OK to sign the work off.

I'd suggest a full days charge based on 3 visits, 1 hour design + 1 hour mid work inspection and the rest of the time for connection, test, inspection and commissioning.

If you jump out side Part P you would NOT be insured if the electrics fail and cause fire / hazard or injury.
If you sell then any claim of adding value by doing the work will negative, since you have no certificate. Some end up having to pay for a PIR and resolve defects as condition of sale (£££'s).

Ultimately electricity is dangerous and now, with the required testing and certification is moving outside of a DIY job not because you can't do it or dont have the skill sets- I'm sure you do.

But local authority hassles, insurance issues, the sue culture the GB now has, the complexity of 17th edition- RCD's, RCBO's, bonding, tall sizes et all really do prohibit complex DIY electrical work.

OK do it on the snide, on the quite- it will work, but what price future hassles and always thinking that someday the work could come back and bite you hard?

 

[fyffeno1]

you could probarly use the outside socket prociding you got aplug in rcd but thats nor realy proper power you wouldn't have to notify anyone if you done that as it is classed an non fixed wireing its jsut like a big trailling lead but its not the way i would d do it to do it properly is a big job you would need and additional cosumer unit witha sub main and everything and thats a job best left for the pros

 

[ban-all-sheds]

electronics UK, can i not simply remove the socket and extend it to the garden office?

You can, but have you thought about how and where you'll terminate the SWA at each end?

And what you'll do in the office about the fact that you'll need more than one socket, and lights? If you spur off an RCD socket you don't get RCD protection.

Of course i will notify lbc....

Looks like that'll add £70.50 to the cost.

although i still think this new rule sucks for people who are more than capable of doing this kind of work but hey ho.

Not trying to score points, but you aren't able to test the work, you think you need 4mm cable to take 13A over 8.5m and you don't understand where RCD sockets provide protection.....

But you're learning all those things...