New Power Supply to Garage

[GSXRCarlos]

Hi All, first post on here, but not new to forums, so take it easy

Here's my problem:

I've recenly bought a house, replacing some sockets and i found out that the garage was connected to the house as a spur from the back of one of my 13a sockets.

There a fuse board (of sorts) in my garage, and i now have a spare 16a/32a (can't remember) socket from my main fuse board (old stair lift that was removed) which i'd like to use to supply my garage.

What do i need to know/look for before i speak to an electrician?

I don't just want a 13a supply in the garage as i have a MIG welder (will check the specs for details) and i tend to do a lot of DIY so i'd like to make myslef a bit more future proof while i'm at it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, i'll take pics of my set up when i get some light (existing wiring to garage now removed, so no lights - lol)

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What do i need to know/look for before i speak to an electrician?

//www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:part-p

As ever, personal recommendation is always the best way to find a reputable tradesman, but if you're having to go ahead without much in the way of references or personal recommendation, don't put any store by registration itself - sadly it is possible to become registered with woefully inadequate qualifications and zero practical experience. You don't have to spend long here to see people cropping up who are registered and "qualified", but who are clearly seriously incompetent in reality and who should not be charging for their services.

It's your money and you have every right to ask prospective tradesmen what their qualifications are. Just being listed here is not a good enough guide. No genuinely experienced electrician, with the "full set" of C&G qualifications will mind you asking - in fact he will wish that everyone was like you.

I feel sorry for people who have been misled by training organisations and (shamefully) the Competent Person scheme organisers into thinking that a 5-day training course, a couple of trivial examples of their work and some basic understanding of how to use test equipment will make them an electrician, but not sorry enough to agree with them trying to sell their services to Joe Public.