I wish the regs were in force when the dude that lived in the house before us was building the extension. Some rather strange wiring going on in places.
When we wired the electricty supply in for the garden year before last we ran a cable between 12" and 18" under ground, buried within a pipe thingy wotsit (ribbed thing that I'm sure PW will provide the correct name for) that comes in different colours for different services. We also laid some warning "tape" just below the surface of the soil so that if we (or someone after us) ever dig there again and have forgotten where the pipe is, we'll know before we get a jolt.
Electrickery can be a dangerous mistress. |