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Big Sixty
Hello All,
I'm building a detached garage about 70' from the house and want to run power to it (for welders and air compressors).
However, my garden is full of trees, shrubs and bushes - there is no suitable route for a buried cable that won't severely disturb the roots (I have dug a number of pilot holes to check) and I don't want to injure my protected trees, not to mention that if I do lose a tree to the wind it will probably take the cable with it.
I'd like to run the cable overground. The routing would take it under a canopy of bushes - visible but not intrusive. The options I've thought of are:
1. - Run the cable through a steel conduit, mounted on posts set in concrete at about 18" above ground.
2. - Run the cable trhough a concrete cable trough (sealed off at both ends to prevent rodents getting in) at ground level (assuming they can be had in sensibly small sizes).
3. - Mount armoured cable to my (very substantial timber) deviding fence - though I understand that fences are considered a temporary structure.
I’m happy to do the routing hardware myself, but I’d rather find a professional electrician to do the electrical installation, hence me asking in the professional section.
Is there anything wrong with what I am proposing?
I am aware of a number of people who have had electricians refuse to install cable above ground because they said it was against the regulations, but I cannot find a british standard that actually states this?
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Big Sixty
I'm building a detached garage about 70' from the house and want to run power to it (for welders and air compressors).
However, my garden is full of trees, shrubs and bushes - there is no suitable route for a buried cable that won't severely disturb the roots (I have dug a number of pilot holes to check) and I don't want to injure my protected trees, not to mention that if I do lose a tree to the wind it will probably take the cable with it.
I'd like to run the cable overground. The routing would take it under a canopy of bushes - visible but not intrusive. The options I've thought of are:
1. - Run the cable through a steel conduit, mounted on posts set in concrete at about 18" above ground.
2. - Run the cable trhough a concrete cable trough (sealed off at both ends to prevent rodents getting in) at ground level (assuming they can be had in sensibly small sizes).
3. - Mount armoured cable to my (very substantial timber) deviding fence - though I understand that fences are considered a temporary structure.
I’m happy to do the routing hardware myself, but I’d rather find a professional electrician to do the electrical installation, hence me asking in the professional section.
Is there anything wrong with what I am proposing?
I am aware of a number of people who have had electricians refuse to install cable above ground because they said it was against the regulations, but I cannot find a british standard that actually states this?
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Big Sixty