Power to remote building through garden

[Andy Jeffries]

Hi all,

Outside my house (by about 2m) I have a brick shed with power (running from the house through conduit on the garden wall, done by previous owner).

I'd like to extend this power down the garden (by about 70ft) and understand I have to bury the SWA cable about 50cm down and put some tape on top of it to show it's an electical cable.

The problem is, there are sections of the garden with concrete on them and I'm not going to be able to lift/break it up to bury the cable under it.

Can I run it in metal conduit over these parts and fix them to the concrete then resume the burying either side of those parts?

Thanks for any advice.

Would this fall foul of Part P (although it's effectively adding sockets to a fused spur outside of the kitchen)?

Cheers,

[Lurch]

On or around Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:18:14 GMT, Andy Jeffries mused:

I'd go for 600mm minimum where possible, 750mm ideally.

No need, it's SWA, just run it overground\underground etc... as required as it's mechanically protected by it's own steel armouring for arduous use.

Although re-reading it it would appear you want to be able to walk over the cable, i.e. fix it to the floor? Maybe steel tube would be an idea, or a different route.

Kitchen, bathroom and outside are all unconditionally in the scope of part P.

[Andy Jeffries]

OK, fair enough.

It will be down the edge (right hand side) of the garden so I'm not worried about people walking on it, it's more about kids giving it a slap with a plastic toy or the dog (next year we're getting a dog) chewing it (which hopefully the SWA will resist - thinking about it it may make more sense to put it in steel tube or something).

Damn! OK, so I could do the work at least then get a local sparky to certify it though right?

Cheers,

Andy

[Lurch]

On or around Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:34:53 GMT, Andy Jeffries mused:

If you like, my preference would be to just run it as is if it's reasonably out of the way but you can tube it if you like.

Yes, although have a word with whoever you want to certify it first so you don't do something he doesn't like and have to have it all rewired.