My house was rewired last summer and the CU replaced. It's in a small corner cupboard in the hall and cannot be replaced with anything larger. After everything else has been hooked up, there is no space left (empty way) to supply the garage.
The electrician has left the cable to the garage disconnected (loose) in the cupboard below. The cable runs from the front of the house to the back, under the floor, then connects (metal junction box) to an underground cable for the short (2-3m) run to the garage.
I want to renew the garage's existing circuits (fusebox, socket and light) with materials from this century but at the end of the day, how will it all be supplied? I'm curious as to how an electrician will do it. What options are there? The pros and cons?
Am I allowed to rewire the garage myself and then get an electrician to connect it to the (house) supply? Or should I start getting quotes for the whole job?
All I'm after is two strip-lights and maybe 2 double sockets for a lawnmower and charging the powertools.
I'll admit to wanting to do as much as I can myself, but for record will not touch the CU in the house and/or do work I am not qualified/competent to do. I've had the whole house professionally rewired, at great cost, so do not want to jeapordise the installation/certification.
I can't refer to the electrician that did the rewire for guidance.
EDIT: Added pictures.
From left to right:
The electrician has left the cable to the garage disconnected (loose) in the cupboard below. The cable runs from the front of the house to the back, under the floor, then connects (metal junction box) to an underground cable for the short (2-3m) run to the garage.
I want to renew the garage's existing circuits (fusebox, socket and light) with materials from this century but at the end of the day, how will it all be supplied? I'm curious as to how an electrician will do it. What options are there? The pros and cons?
Am I allowed to rewire the garage myself and then get an electrician to connect it to the (house) supply? Or should I start getting quotes for the whole job?
All I'm after is two strip-lights and maybe 2 double sockets for a lawnmower and charging the powertools.
I'll admit to wanting to do as much as I can myself, but for record will not touch the CU in the house and/or do work I am not qualified/competent to do. I've had the whole house professionally rewired, at great cost, so do not want to jeapordise the installation/certification.
I can't refer to the electrician that did the rewire for guidance.
EDIT: Added pictures.
From left to right:
- Downstairs sockets.
Kitchen sockets.
Socket below CU.
Upstairs Lights.
Upstairs sockets.
Cooker.
IT sockets (understairs cupboard with NAS, switch, patch, 3xHDD).
Downstairs lights.