Many homeowners are looking for ways to upgrade their gardens to entertain guests and enjoy their outdoor space in the upcoming summer months. By adding electrics to your garden, you can maximise its uses and ease the burden of those mundane outdoor maintenance jobs. Precision Electrical Services are your local and qualified electricians, offering garden electrical services to homes in Esher.
Adding electrics to your garden
Garden electrics can be added to your garden in a place most suitable for your needs. This could be your front garden, back garden or even a summer house or shed.
Outdoor Sockets
Outdoor sockets are a perfect option to enhance the enjoyment of your Esher garden. Without the need of running cables throughout your home to power your outdoor appliances, you will be saving yourself time and effort, whilst also reducing the risk of hazards.
Outdoor sockets come with added personal protection and are also waterproof. An RCD (residual current device) will be installed with your outdoor socket to limit the risk of shocks when using a faulty appliance. RCD’s work by shutting off the electricity if faults are detected. Extension cables are not RCD protected and are also not waterproof which is why an outdoor socket is your safer option.
It is important to let your electrician know where your require the installation of your outdoor socket. An outdoor socket can be placed on an external wall either to the front, side or back of your property.
Summer House or Shed Electrics
Adding electrics to your garden shed or summer house will help increase the use of your outdoor space. Your newly powered room could be used for hobbies, as a bar or even a home office for working from home in peace. Electrics in a shed can also provide power to your garden tools. When installing electrics to a shed or summer house it is important to know how many sockets are needed. You may also want to add lighting. Speak with an electrician if you want to add electrics to your outdoor building.
Tips for adding electrics to your garden
When adding electrics to your garden, it is important to consider your existing consumer units electrical capacity and if it can handle the additional electrical demands. If you are adding electrics to your garden shed, you may require an additional consumer unit to carry the additional load. Precision Electrical Services will be able to advice on what is best for your electrical needs.
Who can add electrics to your garden?
Adding electrics to your garden is a great way of increasing the uses of your outdoor space. It is important to hire a professional electrician to install your electrics so they can sign off the installation as safe and Part P compliant. Precision Electrical Services in Esher are your local and reliable, NICEIC registered electricians. Our work is fully compliant and guaranteed to be safe. Contact our friendly team today to discuss your garden electrical needs.
