How We Wire A Summer House | Garden Room | Electrical Life 

Thanks matey, could probably get away with any rubber hammer to not take the paint off them, but that big one is all I have 😂

Thanks buddy 👏🏼

Thanks Ian !

thanks mate I appreciate you saying that. Yea it’s not a bad little meter tbh, I’ve not used it a whole lot yet but I’ll keep it handy to use when I can

That’s definitely not what she said 😂

😀 appreciated

Thanks mate

Thanks mate 😊

Thank you Gary 😊

Thanks matey 👏🏼 appreciate the support

Hahaha honest for a split second I thought, S*** I’ve not even checked if this was a black pen 😬😂

Cheers Mike 👌🏼

Cheers mate

Hahaha I always forget to use them aswell and grab a hacksaw, but yea they’re well better

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Wow, much appreciated! 👏🏼

Nice one wayne 👏🏼

appreciate the input, I was always told pvc and wood expansion rates aren’t all that dissimilar, so that along with the non glued joints allows for enough movement. I have been back to a couple of jobs we done a good 2-3 years ago and all still looks good so hopefully may not have many issues. Glad you pointed out the CU tho, that’s something that’s not crossed my mind before so I’ll be cautious on that in future.

Thanks Ian 👏🏼

Well worth it imo ! And thanks for watching 👌🏼

is it still working

Unfortunately not.

But to be fair I have used it every day on a kitchen rewires, where was very dusty and I drop it couple of times.

Awesome! I’m also starting a new one tomorrow!

Ryan said they might be weeds but they were nice I thought 😂😂

Thanks for watching dude

I’ve only used the Milwaukee for about 2 weeks atm, seem to be really good tbf. hope they serve you well 🤞🏻 thanks for watching mate

Thanks for watching mate 👏🏼

Thanks mate, on this occasion no, a rod would be unnecessary

I didn’t need a TT rod in this case but of course every installation will be different so I couldn’t advise on that. Glad you liked the job 👌🏼

No, they should be fine. I’ve been back to make adjustments and add extra sockets to one recently that I installed over 2 years ago, no signs of water anywhere.

The Batman edition 🦇

No reason not to use copex only it’s not as pleasing to the eye, you can easily bend solid conduit over obstacles tho for a nicer look. Or even just a small section of copex over the obstacles if you’re not confident in bending the conduit, but it’s really really easy. 62mm you could probably use 2 yes. Or female adapters etc

Thank you, we use standard wood screws, 1 inch long. Sometimes 1 1/4 inch. That wood is 47mm thick on this kind of summer house.

I usually say pi*s poor but didn’t wanna swear 😂

i usually do use solvent weld glue yes, but in a summer house i don’t just because it’s a wooden structure and will definitely expand/contract so leave it with a bit of movement. I’ve actually seen some a year on and the conduits have bowed right out due to the contraction. There is drain holes drilled into the bottom of all the conduit boxes on the external just incase of any rogue water getting in, but it’s rather sheltered from the roof overhang anyhow

Google conduit expansion joints. I generally put use them on long runs or for outdoors. I'd use them more so on a wooden outbuilding.

@@rayc1503 I’ve seen those, but never cross my mind when I could need them 🤦🏻‍♂️

Cheers dude, and yea the cable prices in general are getting mental !

Hi mate, appreciate you watching! Usually in this case it’s either under the floorboards upstairs until you get out the back wall, or sometimes through a garage etc depending where the consumer unit is.

all the conduit boxes and wiska boxes do get a bead of silicone round them when we’re finished on these. It’s probably unnecessary but as you say, just in case

Hahahaha 🤣🤣

20 on the bounce, now that’s living the dream 🙌🏻🙌🏻

I get asked similar to this all the time, and the only real answer is because I’m genuinely so interested in my job,(or I’m just that sad) I spend a lot of time reading, online, catalogues etc just looking at products. A lot of the time it’s because I’ll come across a little issue and think they should make something to solve that, then I’ll go searching and find out they have. 🤣

Thanks Steve, the things in the sockets are called bell mouth connectors. And I used a spring to bend the conduit, just realised Now I didn’t press record at that part 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@Cablesmith cheers for that I’ll look for those ! Cheers the bends just looked so neat 👍🏻 I think storm glands are a must, far better than swa glands. Forgot ask before if you don’t mind me asking what did you price for this job ? 5k subs nearly there too 👍🏻😀

@@SB-gp6od yep was just a spring and bent over my knee job. Also I price them all different always depending on certain things like the size and length of the swa etc, this one was around 1300 for everything.

@@Cablesmith cheers buddy appreciate the info. Keep up the good content 👍🏻

Thanks Michael, yes the costs have gone up drastically in the last year. A lot of things more than double.

No, these summer houses are usually around 47mm thick wood. we just use 25-30mm screws

I think that’s the armeg holesaw, starrett also do one the same. Local wholesalers but Amazon have them all also

Many thanks will have a look for a full set only managed to find a set of 3. Keep the vids coming really enjoy the content. Cheers

@@Tommyb1508 yea think them sets of 3 are the most you can get tbh, it’s all I’ve ever seen anyway

Thanks mate, honestly I have no idea where it was from. Sorry dude

Easily do it in a full day with the 2 of us all going well, in this case it was done over 2 days tho

@@Cablesmith nice one 👍

It would work yes but wouldn’t achieve selectivity with having 2 RCDs in in line. You could potentially have the summer house fed from an rcbo and have none in the summer house. In this instance it was a split load board in the main house so I didn’t want anything in the summer house to trip half of the main house.

@@Cablesmith nice one...👍👍

Thanks for watching 👌🏼 if it’s what I think your referring to those are 20mm bell mouth bushes

Thank you so much, found em on CEF 👍

@@Cablesmith Thank you so much, found them on CEF 👍

@@Cyc70n3 👌🏼

Luckily, they do have.

Thank you mate. It’s hard to tell as every job is different and can vary quite a lot. usually £1000-1600 if it’s fairly basic.

@@MrEditsCinema there’s a couple ways it can be done. Usually best to use twin and earth cable inside the house, buried in wall, trunking, through the loft etc whatever works best. Then convert to armoured once it gets external

All wholesalers should sell that stuff mate, but defo ask for a price first. Some can be mega mega expensive 😂

I got them from my local wholesalers but I’m sure CEF sell them also Usually Marshall tufflex branded bell mouth connectors

Yea so we can protect the different circuits in the summer house

@@Cablesmith My shed circuits are protected by fuses at the shed.. think that's good enough? There's a breaker at the house of course.

@@mr.d7372 I couldn’t say without seeing it unfortunately mate

All jobs are different really, even just the supply cable from the house can be hundreds difference in price to the next one. Typically around £1100 on average all in.

This one was TN-S but even still it wouldn’t need an earth rod.

Thank you

Ahhh there’s a reason for that, multiple reasons. Let me explain. We wouldn’t want to be held accountable for “showing” someone how to do things, if/when things go wrong. Then, all installs are different, the length of the supply etc all determine what’s needed, and there will be multiple ways to supply a summer house, and only seeing the job in question could we determine which way is best suited.

@@Cablesmith Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the reply

My local wholesalers, but there’s many online also.

NYY outside where ? I do like a wireless switch but the conduit drop to the switch is only about a meter.

Just saying NYY would be quicker in my view but hey if clients happy we’re all happy 👍

Pure luck that time 😂

Hi, there’s so many factors that affect the price, somewhere between 1000-1400 as a guesstimate Thank you 😊

@@Cablesmith Thanks for the quick reply, after hearing your accent , I now know where to get a great electrician.👍🏻

@@adelejones5059 👏🏼👏🏼 not a problem ! I’ve made it my mission to reply to every comment I ever get 😬 Any time I’m happy to quote

TNCS and what do you mean what’s the script ? About earthing the armouring ? if so, I got a banjo bent upwards and a fly lead on the summer house side. Might be able to see the extra earth when I show the finished board.

Although I’ve recently seen wiska release an E-Spring…. Will most definitely be using them from now on

Whats at the house side pal you coming out the board into the wiska box

@@ericthekingthekingtheking4842 yea no Banjo that side just 3core swa. earthed the swa one side

Whats the connections in the fuse box shaun ? Is it L-N-E to the wiska in a piece of TWIN AN EARTH ? What happens to the earth from the fusebox once in the wiska box

There’s no reason to

I watched other youtube summer house/ garage wiring videos, and they all seem to be convinced that in case of pen conductor failure, it will be fatal in the summer house. And should always be TT ... I'm only a learner, and I like your content ... Great stuff, as always

@@shiamjad not correct, depends on a lot of factors, it’s a wooden structure so the risk is low. A metal outdoor light is a higher risk of loss of the pen conductor but we would rod them all

Thank you 😊

We typically quote around £900-1400 depending on a number of factors.

there’s a lot of factors to consider when pricing so unfortunately it Varys quite a bit. I think this one was around £1200

I was waiting for your comment 😂😂😂

Thanks mate

Completely unsure on that I’m afraid. It’s not my area tbh so I couldn’t advise. Thanks for watching mate

No permission needed as long as eaves height doesn't exceed 2.5 metres

@@larrystreak1044 see, I should have knew this from watching Oakwood garden rooms for over a year 😂

Gas it fcuk As long as it’s less than 2.5 meters high booooooooom

@@larrystreak1044it can’t be higher than 2.5m at the highest point of the garden but it should be at least 1m from any boundary.

Too many factors at play, they’re all a different price.

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Manchester 😊

Hi mate, thanks for the sub. It all depends on the job really but as a ballpark we are usually around £850-1300 for these. that’s always included the armoured cable and consumer unit tho, which sometimes can be £200-300 alone

@@Cablesmith cheers mate, very helpful. I've seen other videos and the inside of the cabins look like the inside of a submarine with all the tubing and cables. Very clean install 👍

@@TWOWHEELFIX thanks matey! I do try and keep it to a minimum or hidden as best as possible!

@@taze_ray791fn5 depending on your location, I certainly could.

haha I take it others have done this then ? Only when it’s on a patio like that, anything else and I’d wash it away with a hose

Not on a 40A supply for the length of cable it wasn’t. Didn’t meet volt drop requirements

@@Cablesmith fair enough although 32a would have been ample for a summer house with a few sockets and a light. Still, good work though.

@@niceguy235uk1 yea would have been fine on a 32A your right, there is a couple of heaters going in there tho, just like to leave a bit of wiggle room for expansion. Thanks dude appreciate you watching also 👌🏼

Your video was very helpful and I did my best to adopt a similar approach in my build. Thanks Dennis ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IRj0wZkEVrI.htmlsi=2iLrajvSgrLCKGF5

@@IntruderFilmStudioappreciate that mate! I’ll watch your video tonight too.