How to run electric to my shed.

[Lee Duncan]

Evening folks,
Im Lee and I am looking for some advice on how to run electric to my shed. I have been searching the net for help but there's been so many different answers its starting to confuse me. I have never tried this before but I am an experienced diy'er and will give anything ago once.

I will be using my shed to fix and build motorbikes so I will be using power tools. I'm wanting to have 3 strip lights and maybe 4 or 5 double sockets.
My shed is approximately 10ft from the back of the house, it would probably be 24ft from the main fuse box. ( main fuse box is located in the cupboard at the front door)

I know I'm going to have to dig a trench to run the wire from the main fuse box to the shed but not sure how deep plus the wire will be run underneath a path, will that be safe?

Can someone please tell me how to do this and what wire, fuse boxes etc etc i will need?

Any information would be a big help as I would like to give this a go myself instead of getting a sparky in.

 

[Baker1988]

The worst that can happen is you will have a fire or someone will get killed by electrocution

And If this does happen you will probably be prosecuted and sent to prison as it will be your fault

 

[telectrix]

a bit of constuctive advice to add to the previous posts is to get an electrician to give you a quote ( get 2 or 3 quotes ) and see if you can do the donkey work of digging the trench etc. this will save quite a bit on the cost. honestly, with the best will in the world, this is not a diy job. i had a minor operation last year. i could have had a go myself, but thought better of it and got a qualified surgeon to do it.

 

[Guitarist]

Regardless of whether you feel "able to have ago", as others have said, supplies to outbuildings come under part P of the building regulations and are notifiable by law. This is because there are many factors which make taking a supply outside the property potentially dangerous. We spend years training as electricians, and with the greatest respect to you, it is not a profession you can simply "learn by doing".
Regarding there being plenty of work.... I can assure you that with more and more people DIY'ing, and many people retraining as electricians with their redundancy money (due to being told that there's plenty of work), the work available is getting thin on the ground.

 

[telectrix]

getting thin? if it was any thinner you could see the moon through it.

 

[Toonlad]

Thin !!!! friken understatement lmao,,,
im on the bones of my @rse

 

[PEG]

Somewhere,in a garden,digging a trench,is a man making up new swear-words to encompass his feelings re;electricians...

 

[wade88]

5m of SWA - £12
Spade to dig trench - £15
Wrongly rated PD - £19
Pack of hob nobs and 6 cups of tea - £3
Look on Lee's face when his shed, beloved bikes and tools go up in flames, PRICELESS.

 

[Octopus]

Back to the OP.

To do this safely and "cheaply" get a couple of sparks round, state you will dig the trench to 600mm etc and let them do the techical bit.

Or could I borrow your lorry later this week to do some deliveries? I've not driven an articulated HGV before but I'm assuming anyone can do it.

 

[ian.settle1]

Regardless of whether you feel "able to have ago", as others have said, supplies to outbuildings come under part P of the building regulations and are notifiable by law. This is because there are many factors which make taking a supply outside the property potentially dangerous. We spend years training as electricians, and with the greatest respect to you, it is not a profession you can simply "learn by doing".
Regarding there being plenty of work.... I can assure you that with more and more people DIY'ing, and many people retraining as electricians with their redundancy money (due to being told that there's plenty of work), the work available is getting thin on the ground.

Does not affect the op as he comes from Aberdeenshire which when I last looked was in SCOTLAND, anyway looks like he has taken the hump or has understood he has upset aa few people.

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[Toby Kuhnert]

Yet another DIY'er .... groaaannn

 

[AdsUk]

Oh dear.

 

[jimmymac]

He's probably in B&Q now looking for the MFT section

 

[telectrix]

they'll gladly flog him a neon screwdriver.

 

[wade88]

It's ok B&Q do leaflets he can't go wrong.

 

[Spoon]

I don't know why everyone is taking the mickey out of the OP. Its just 'red to red & black to black' after all.....

On a similar note, to save time and hassle, I going to do my own vasectomy. After all its just cutting a couple of tubes. I have my missus nail scissors and my soldering iron (if I need to cauterise the tubes) and I'm sorted... Will let you know how it goes...