Electricity to a garden shed, how much?

louise_1981

Looking for armoured cable laying under ground for approx 14 m to my bunny shed. 2 lights to be installed inside the shed and a switch to in installed inside the house/shed.

Not knowing anything about electrics does this seem a fair ad to put on my hammer, and is there enough detail, have I forgot anything?

How much would I be expecting to pay?

fluffpot

Armoured cable doesn't always need to be buried- if it can be securely attached to a wall or fence, then this would suffice and be cheaper.

(although you can always dig the trench yourself to save costs)


As you only want the electrics for lights, your electrician should probably be able to supply the shed from an existing socket. If I was installing it, I would want the circuit to have RCD protection, either at the fuseboard or with a special RCD spur switch feeding the shed. Oh and earthing to gas and water pipes must be in place.

The cost will depend on lots of things - so best to get a few electricians round to have a look

Hope this helps

keystone

fluffpot wrote: »

As you only want the electrics for lights, your electrician should probably be able to supply the shed from an existing socket. If I was installing it, I would want the circuit to have RCD protection, either at the fuseboard or with a special RCD spur switch feeding the shed.

"I would want to" doesn't come into I'm afraid. This work has to be done by a qualified electrician under Part P of the building regulations and should be to the 17th Edition of the wiring regs. There is no choice about circuit protection and it should be a brand new circuit from the consumer unit.

Oh and earthing to gas and water pipes must be in place.

Any spark will test and quote for upgrade to 17th Edition for bonding in any event.

The cost will depend on lots of things - so best to get a few electricians round to have a look

100%. Get 2 or 3 quotes.

HTH

Cheers

spmc

I'm no electrician but recently had power installed to a garden studio/office by a part p electrician. The studio came with it's own electrics and small consumer unit and is about 6m from the rear wall of my property. The supply wasn't taken from my existing consumer unit but from a socket on the rear wall. An RCD box was put next to the socket and the consumer unit in the studio also has RCD protection.

The armoured cable was put along my fence in a cable tray. The cost was £450 but that included providing and wiring a smoke alarm into the studio and testing all the wiring in the studio (6 double sockets, internal and external lights). When I was looking online to get a feel for costs people were suggesting around £300 - £400 for power to a shed if the armoured cable is not buried.

As others have said every job is different but this should give you a feel for the order of cost.

fluffpot

keystone

The OP said that the new supply was only for lights so a fused spur off the socket circuit would be OK and RCD protection is not necessarily needed if the new cable is SWA (armoured) and then surface mounted in the shed. However, as mentioned, if I was doing the job (as a qualified sparks) then I would put in RCD protection for extra safety

Hope this helps

Fluff

dougk_2

Alternitevly if its just lights why not just use a kit like this.

http://www.seapets.co.uk/products/pond-supplies/pond-equipment/pond-lighting-and-electrics/pond-and-outdoor-electrics/blagdon-powersafe-armoured-power-supply-kit-20m.html?ref=googlebase

keystone

fluffpot wrote: »

keystone

The OP said that the new supply was only for lights so a fused spur off the socket circuit would be OK and RCD protection is not necessarily needed if the new cable is SWA (armoured) and then surface mounted in the shed. However, as mentioned, if I was doing the job (as a qualified sparks) then I would put in RCD protection for extra safety

Hope this helps

Fluff

Oops. Missed that. Thanks.

Cheers