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Looking at it again, I will earth the armour to the consumer unit in the house, leaving the garage consumer unit divorced. Then use a earthing rod to earth the garage. The only external piece of metal is a strip along the top of the asbestos roof which will need earthing, and the is no gas/water...

The house is TNCS, I was going to use the earth at consumer unit for the garage. James

For earthing I was going to use 3 core, using one for earth and earthing armouring.  James

Mainly power tools drill/ saws 1000w, in winter I might use a 2k fan heater, total lighting will be no more than 250w I do have a spare fridge that might get used, decking lights 3w. Total 3.5k - 4k watts James

I am looking at the size of swa cable I would need to feed my garage, at sometime in the past someone has used 1.5mm twin and earth hung between the house and garage    I am looking to feed the garage directly from the cu in the house to a cu in the garage. The garage is about 18 meters away...

I understand the point around impact damage / BBQ. But the kit has normal flex to the transformer which would be susceptible to the wildlife damage, so even if I used armored cable there is still a weak point. James

Hi, I am looking at low voltage decking lighting, i would need two 'kits' so I would join the two transformer feed cables in a weather proof box under the decking. The feed to this box would come from the garage (the decking butts up to the wall so the cable would run down the wall and under the...