Buying a house - installing electricity in garage

keystone

new2012 wrote: »

Then the company who sold it as suitable for use outside will have to pay the compo.

Thanks and fine but you said pipe when I responded rather than conduit which I see you have now changed your post to read.

All this over a 6 foot length of plastic conduit which runs along a fence.

Well I'm not a mind reader - this is the first time you've said the length as well.

It's been there 16 years and still as good as new.

Doesn't mean its electrically safe which it isn't but at least you didn't need a Part P Certificate for work done 16 years ago which you would nowadays and and you wouldn't get one for that solution either.

Cheers

muckybutt

DVardysShadow wrote: »

You haven't answered my question though - does the garage back on to the house in question? Because on this question hinges whether the job is feasible.

#16

Job is certainly easy enough to do, if its just for tumble dryer then a load of say 4kw max 4000W over a 30M run could be done on a 3core 2.5mm armoured cable.
Would need wiring back to the consumer unit which is why I said 30M, you need to see if there is a spare way in the consumer unit if there is all the better, it will need to be protected by either an mcb that is rcd protected or by an rcbo.
The cable should be dug into a trench at least 300mm deep and a marker tape placed on top so that anyone digging will know there are buried cables, alternatively you could place the cable in a pvc or metal conduit again bury at least 300mm and mark with tape. There are no regulations as to how deep you have to bury the cable though so use common sence.
Being as the installation is out side it falls in line with part P and will have to be installed by a part p registered sparky and signed off accordingly.

DVardysShadow

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Does your garage back onto your property?

mrs_slapshot wrote: »

Garage is about 20 meters from back of house.

DVardysShadow wrote: »

You haven't answered my question though - does the garage back on to the house in question? Because on this question hinges whether the job is feasible.

muckybutt wrote: »

#16

No, 16 tells us how far away it is. I want to know if the garage is part of the property or separate.