How to install an external electrical socket | install outside socket 

This video took me a couple of days to edit, I hope some people find it useful 😉 I hope everyone has a great Sunday

Another great video. I love the thorough approach of your work.

Just used this as a definitive guide to installing one of these units. Thanks for the time & effort in putting this in the public domain. Take good care and stay safe and well.

WOW - I wish we had cool outlet/covers like this in the USA. Ours are VERY plain by comparison. Very nice!

Very good tip regarding turning the hammer action off just before going through the external brickwork. Never thought of that!

Just wanted to say thanks very much, mate. Used the same socket (£10.99 from Screwfix atm), 15mm PEX pipe, 600mm SDS plus masonry bit and it was installed with ease. Sealed the full unit with clear silicone, so hopefully completely waterproof for years to come. Thanks again.

Another great video, Best diy videos on RU-vid ....Thanks

A very handy video. I was thinking installing an outside plug but I couldn't find any reliable information about if it is OK to install myself or if I needed an electrician to do it. Looks like wiring it up to the plug is the easier solution.

I've been watching these for years and I still love all your attention to detail. So many great tips, wish I saw the pros do it this well!

Another excellent video. One of my best subscribed channels for honest reviews and cracking info which is a bonus as its from the UK. Thanks for your videos. Makes sundays better! 👍

Thanks so much for that. You've made what I thought might have been a daunting job much simpler and I am confident that I can do it myself.

A great guide through the steps to fit the socket. Simple, but also has all the details you need.

Nice video, like usual. Its always good, that you give warnings to people, doing such jobs.

Thank you for this video, I have just fitted one of these external sockets and works a treat thanks to your expertise

BIG bonus! I'd actually bought this very unit so it was really acurate. Will be able to fit it now without worries. Excellent channel, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. Been subbed to your channel a long time now and you've helped me out before. Thanks again UH

Really good video. Thank you. I'll be doing this on the rear of my house as I have a plug under my worktop near the wall it'll go into nicely.

Great video, I’m glad to see I correctly fitted the socket I recently fitted in my mother’s garden. Just a word of caution when fitting this type of socket, not all plugs will allow you to close the door fully, the plugs with power breakers will not push fully into the socket, might be worth trying the plug first before you begin installing the socket.

Another easy follow presentation! You are a gem I wish I had a teacher like you in school 👍 thank you 👌👏

Cushty! Just fitted the same box to my outside wall to run our new water feature. Followed your instructions to the letter and it's now burbling away beautifully. Nice and simple for an idiot like me and I didn't electrocute myself once. Thank you! Oh and I didn't get brickwork burst. More luck than judgement because I forgot to turn the hammer action off.......;-)

Really useful thanks, and that’s a nice looking SS model and wouldn’t look too out of place anywhere, thanks 👍

Good job Earthing the plastic backbox, many people forget to do that, glad you're showing such attention to detail!

Great video, you covered all the important points in as short a time as possible and made it very clear 👍

Thanks for a very helpful video. A have exactly the same electrical outdoor socket which I fitted today without any problems at all thanks to your video!!... 👍😀🇬🇧

Very very well demonstrated👍👍. A really good video of how to do a perfect job. Top of the class young man👍

Just discovered this video - exactly what I needed thanks!! Also, nice to see someone else has those bloody awful house bricks too! They do love to eat drill bits - well mine do anyway. Cheers

Another good video, UH, for which many thanks. As I've said before, you're a pretty good leccie and your work is always done to a high standard. If I have any adverse opinion, it concerns British General kit; I've never much liked it myself, but each to his own - well done.

Big thank you, watched your video and it gave me the confidence to tackle the job myself. Only took me a couple of hours, taking my time. 😀

Thanks, all your videos are straight forward to follow!!!

Very informative high quality video 👍🤓👍

Excellent video of how to......I used it today to wire and fit my external socket. Bang on, thanks

Super video. Clear instructions. Simple to follow. Great focus on safety.

The wall fixing screws on my back box broke the plastic a little so it was necessary to put some small metal washers around the holes. Excellent video mine is rock sold on the wall.

Short sleeves and sun? Must be nice up north! Thanks for the infotainment matey

A very good video sir, very calm voice through installation , love the detail to your work.

Looking to fit one soon,your video has plenty of great tips Thank You !!

great point about it being able to be switched off, or come back and find the neighbour has been running fan heaters all winter from your power :)

Just installed this unit based on your excellent advise - thank you

Really good video. Clearly explained and concise. Thanks

Thanks for a great upload as always. Best regards,Carl.

Yet another great video well explained and demonstrated

Use of the pipe is excellent. Just a note about using silicone sealant in a box that is to be air tight (another reason for drilling out the drain hole, as well as condensation) is that if it is the cheaper acid silicone, it can seriously corrode metal in an enclosed space. Note sure how long you would need to leave acid silicone to fully cure but best using non-corrosive silicone in an airtight space if fitting cover quickly.

Thanks for the useful upload. All good stuff to know.

Another great video Chez cheers!

Good video, only criticism is that whenever you drill holes from inside to out ALWAYS slightly angle the hole downwards (from the video it looks like you are slightly angled UP) By slightly angling the hole downwards (from internal --> external) this will allow gravity to prevent any water from working its way inwards

Excellent. As a matter of Safety it is often noted that these outdoor sockets (with our without RCD) are not recommended for power tools as they can be working at switched on outside but if a breaker trips and one goes inside and resets the breaker the power tool with re-energise. They are more recommended for items with internal moving parts like deep freezes or fountain pumps. That said who would not use one for garden appliances?!! A note on these lines. It is a bit like PAR testing when you have to have the item (circular saw...) on to test it and it comes live and moving during the test!

Great video as usual , Thanks for your time .......

That was a great video. Thank you.

Just done this thanks to this video - SOOOOOOOOO EASY. Thank you x x

Very useful thank you. Less complicated than I thought

Great informative video - really helpful, thanks!

Brilliant video, keep it up!

Worth noting that you've got to treat that socket as you would an extension lead i.e. maximum 13A current draw combined from both outlets.

Holy crap, your timing is impeccable! I was just about to search YT on how to install an external socket, but your video was suggested to me, even before I did my search. Please tell me, from where did you learn your Jedi mind-reading tricks?

I've been asked to install 2 double external WP sockets by a customer of mine, I just wanted to check the best procedure, this video is excellent, and in all fairness I may've been overthinking it. I've installed loads of outdoor security lights and basically fitted a fused spur right next to an internal power socket and cabled from there, no cables showing inside or out. I never considered coming in near a socket and just using flex (instead of twin/earth), I was more planning to drill out of the back of an interior socket so no wire shows.

I did this on the front of my house so that I can use the vacuum cleaner and power tools on my car. The only thing I did different was I covered the end of the plastic pipe with insulating tape, then I sprayed expanding foam into the hole and pushed the pipe through before it dried, this helps to seal it in place.

Alot of details spoken about. Will help when I do mine

found the video very informative and useful.

Thanks for sharing. Nice job.

Another great video. I use the rcd on it as well when using the mover but it's a tad large and sometimes you can't fit it in with the flap so I have to take the front flap off.

Great video. Thanks! 👍

I have 3 meter distance to internal socket. Which weatherproof cable you will suggest to use? (setup: one end to external new socket, other end with 3 pin plug to internal socket like ur setup)

Well explained. It is very helpful , especially for DIYers like myself . Thanks

Aprreciate your videos and always good content pal. Little tip strip back more on your conductors and then double over as you are definitely pinching down on the insulation when you connect up ass there was not enough copper showing

What a really informative video. Thank you.... I already have an double outside waterproof socket but it's nowhere near where I want it. Would it be possible for me to use one of the plugs from this and run a cable from it to where I'd like to install this one from Screwfix? Is the 1.5mm cable okay to do this with? I'd be running and clipping it along my garden fence. Thanks

Needs the drainage hole in the backbox drilling out, its marked out in manufacture (notched) bottom left, nowhere for condensate to escape

Thank you great video 👍😀👍

Great video as always Ultimate Handyman!! I'd like to run SWA from a dedicated MCB as radial circuit to our garage at bottom end of the garden. Would it be ok to install one of these on the SWA before it reaches the garage mini-consumer unit? We'd need 2 L,N,E in each terminal for the cable to continue on to the garage - I guess this is fine, because a ring main has 2 of each, but wanted to check the terminals aren't too tight as these are usually installed as a spur. Appreciate your thoughts mate, cheers!

Hi, I want to build a small deck outside my man cave. I already have up lights outside. I want to put deck lights in the decking. I probably want the deck lights to come on when the outside lights come on. I was thinking of conecting a socket to that ligjt circuit to plug in the deck lights. I was thinking of putting the socket under the deck with an access panel bit now after your vid im thinking of putting on the outside cladding. Please advise, I trust your judgement and I'm one of your subs. Great work as always.

Could I plug it into and extender plug on the inside or not? Thanks

Top video, as usual.

Thanks. God bless you

Too bloody late! I did this job last weekend!!!..... I fitted an outside box and ran cable to a distribution box in my shed via rubber cable protector strip. Same outside box as yours and after spending about 20 minutes in B&Q working out what cable I needed I chose the 1.5mm Pond cable which was a bugger to shut in the box due to a much thicker sheathing. Also I didn't use a piece of tubing so faffed around for ages getting the cable through my brick wall and also shed which is double lined with rock wool in between. I did think about getting some tubing but B&Q is miles away and I'd had enough of looking like a complete zombie shuffling up and down the plethora of different cables. So after quite a fight trying to attach the cable to BBQ skewers, drill bits etc and cussing that we don't have wire coat hangers any more these days I managed it and then began a snake fight with the heavy duty rubber trunking as I was laying it out to cut to length on the patio slabs. Anyway all ended well without too many bruises or shocks (my wife quite likes my new spikey hairdo) and my shed now enjoys charging my bike batteries etc and I no longer trip on the previous extension lead. I intend to do the job again in the summer with thinner sheathed cable as I feel a bit of an expert today as most of what I did concurs with your method. :) Take care

Hi, I found this very helpful, I need a socket in the garden, down the bottom of the garden which is quite a way. I was thinking one of these would be handy. But I don't know what I need - but this was helpful, You should list at the bottom of your videos what you bought and used. # Is this for UK # What cable is needed to extend down to the bottom of the garden. # Will I be able to feed the electric cable down a plastic pipe. # Plus, I notice you don't want to blow the brick outside, but you didn't say how you drilled in from both sides when you can't see where the inside drill is appearing outside. How do you do that ? thanks

Thank you for the video. Need to install these at work tomorrow and this helped greatly. Thought it would be more complicated than this when they brought in a bunch of these sockets I was actually about to tell them to get an electrician.

Thank you ! Brilliant ❤❤❤

Outstanding. Will this set up be ok for a pool pump and electric heater both rated 13amps?

Really good video thank you ! Even though your installation is RCD protected I think I will still pay the extra £10 for the RCD version of that box or maybe just the £10 RCD 'plug' on the inside socket.

I have a question I have an outdoor small concrete shed. I have a power supply inside but in due time I want to have a hot tub built onto decking...is it save to say it's worth investing in one of these electric outdoor supplies or can I just use an extension lead but obviously place the extension lead inside the shed?

Excellent tutorial

Im looking to do the exact same but then once I have socket outside can I have 13A plug from outside socket going into a shed and have it connected to another double socket in shed?

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Excellent video, just one question, would you not run an additional bead of silicone around the perimeter of the outside socket? I.e. between the socket and brick wall preventing any water from getting behind the socket? Or is the silicone you put around the entry hole pipe at the back of the socket enough? Thanks

Thank you, very well done and informative video. I liked the look of your wire stripers, can you please tell me the brand / model. Thanks.

Great job. What socket tester is that seems it's got a few more functions than your standard tester.

Hi. I have a few questions. I have fitted quite a few of these before. Now I would like to install one at the end of garden to a shed. What cable would you recommend and what’s the best way of running the cable? Would I have to run it underground? Also is this work notifiable? Thanks

Thanks for the video. Do you know, if I used a 2.5mm2 cable, would it still fit through a 15mm plastic pipe or would I need 20mm, 22m 25m plastic pipe??

You forgot to drill out the drain hole in the base of the socket to let out condensstion. Personally id sooner get a spark to certify the job and hardwire it with a fused spur switch. That said what youve done will work and could be hardwired at a later date.

Thanks for the video =)

Brilliant video

Hi, great video and just what I was looking for as I am finding it difficult to get a trades person to take on such a small job, so I am going to try myself. It would be good if you listed the materials and equipment you used in the description. I appreciate some of it is obvious but stuff like PEX Pipe and the exact type of Wire (Flex) including rating would be useful.

Would you recommend just connecting into the terminals inside the plug on the inside of the wall itself than using a plug, or is it safer to use a 3 pin plug?

Good job, handy instructional video for diyers however as an electrician I have to say that the conductors were not long enough as I'm sure you would have screwed down onto the insulation in the socket which is a no no and also drill out the drain hole.

Brilliant. Thank you. Peace

Great video...Is this a safe enough to plug in a hot tub...as I know extension leads are dangerous..Thanks

This was very useful, thank you. I have a need to install an external socket like this at a distance from the main house. I can get armoured cable all the way to the area I want the socket to be, but I am unsure about the connections at the end of the armoured cable (I guess it's too thick to go straight in and needs some kind of reduction via a junction box..?) Grateful if you could advise? Thanks

Excellent video

Lovely clear video,just a quick question,I imagine it can wired directly into the terminals inside the interior socket rather than using a plug? Is that an alternative as it wasn't installed by an electrician,top job by the way.

Great video once again. Those clips securing the front cover are a weak spot mine didn’t last. Company didn’t stock spare ones and suggested buying a new case. 😡

Good Lad, Cheers.

Just did that last week with same BG socket - only thing I did which I shouldn’t have was screw through the interval 4 black gaskets - didn’t realise they were just to cover the screws lol I shouldn’t have read the manual!