Electrical cable in the garden

[joeandrews]

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• joeandrews
• 17 Oct 2010
• 1

I recently removed my garden shed which left the electrical cable that was there for the lights (this was all in place before I bought the house).

The fuse has been removed so the cable isn't live.

I now want to lay a new patio, can I just dig down and bury the cable?

Thank you in advance.

 

[OwainDIYer]

You need to find the supply end of the cable and disconnect it completely and make it safe.

 

[JohnD]

laying that cable would have been a difficult and expensive job, one day you might want a garden light or fountain or something, so it it was me, I would terminate it safely in a weatherproof box at the garden end, and isolate the supply at the house.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I now want to lay a new patio, can I just dig down and bury the cable?

As in just cover it up because not needed?

You should think about whether you might ever want a new shed i.e. "IF we had a shed, where would it go?"

Or would you ever want lighting in the garden or patio? Power sockets on the latter for a pressure washer? A water feature?

The thing is just destroying an electrical supply because you don't need it now is short sighted - you might be back here in a year or two as one of the people asking if they can clip cable to a fence because they want to have lights/sockets/pumps/shed but don't want to dig up their patio....