Buying a house - installing electricity in garage

mrs_slapshot

I am thinking of putting in an offer on a recently built house (3.5 years old). The garage is in a separate block behind the back garden with three others and has no electricity. My ideal is to have somewhere to put the tumble drier (kitchen has space only for washer/dryer) and a spare fridge (beer/wine ) and freezer, and I'm wondering how easy (difficult) it would be to run electricity to the garage and importantly, how much it might cost.

Am I mad? Would it be worth it or am I just living in cuckoo land?

macman

What's the distance involved? A short span can be done overhead with a catenary wire support, a longer run will have to be trenched and run with SWA cable (armoured).
Perfectly straightforward, but only you can judge if the cost is worth it for a fridge and a drier.

DVardysShadow

Does your garage back onto your property? If it does not, your biggest problem will be spanning the gap. If it does back on, then it will be possible, but a Part P compliant installation may be a bit pricey.

new2012

Or just use a long extension lead, that's what I did. Took the plug off and fed the wire through a length of 1 inch plastic conduit.

greyteam1959

new2012 wrote: »

Or just use a long extension lead, that's what I did. Took the plug off and fed the wire through a length of 1 inch plastic pipe.

:eek::eek::eek:

keystone

new2012 wrote: »

Or just use a long extension lead, that's what I did. Took the plug off and fed the wire through a length of 1 inch plastic pipe.

Oh yeah - that's really safe.:T

Cheers

macman

And totally legal.
After all, one inch plastic pipe will easily withstand someone putting a spade through it..:eek:

keystone

and if its mounted above ground to avoid the spade in six months time UV from the sun will have rotted it and it will start to fall apart and when the squirrel chews through the flex poster will be moaning that he's lost a complete freezers worth of food and be demanding compo.

Cheers

macman

As will the squirrel...

ormus

i use old scaffold poles to route cable underground.
mostly free, and safer than any plastic pipe.

Myser

ormus wrote: »

i use old scaffold poles to route cable underground.
mostly free, and safer than any plastic pipe.

That's an interesting idea - do you earth them at the supply or remote end?