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@boltonsparky & @SPECIAL LOCATION - thank you both, very useful to get your opinion. How likely do you think it is that a spark would be happy with that approach (i.e. some sort of low height board staked to the ground)? @Onoff & @Bruspark am on it already - will be running 2x OM3 MM...

Thanks for all the helpful advice. Apologies for radio silence but the day job got in the way the last few days. Agree with and understand all of the comments made (except perhaps the one about telling the wife to 'deal with it' - I may end up having to live in the office without electricity if...

@Murdoch Noted but that's not quite what I intended, apologies. I'm trying to keep the costs down (who doesn't?) so would prefer to source the ducting and cable myself. I would of course expect the spark to inspect the materials before they're installed and if I can help with the installation...

Thanks for all the sensible suggestions and I'm already on board with them. I'm fully aware this'll be a new circuit on the CU and will need to be Part P compliant, hence why I'm not doing it myself, I just want to be able to have an informed discussion with a sparky. Responding to some specific...

@ProDave Yup, am aware of cable requirements and have specced 10mm which should be enough to keep the v drop within tolerance for the loads I'll likely have on the line but ultimately this will be up to the spark who does the work. Would the SWA *have* to be fixed to the fence or could it be...

Hi there, I'm having a garden office installed and it'll sit approximately 85m from the existing house. We want to run mains power to it and I'm struggling with how to get the cabling down the garden to it for the following reasons: - Digging a trench: We have a fairly long narrow garden...