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Originally Posted by IX3 Vines
I don't know the details of course but would question BG advising the cable should be 9ft underground, that is way more than the recommended depth for a steel wired armoured cable. (A swa cable needs to be buried at a sufficient depth to avoid damage due to disturbance of the ground (Regulation 522.8. 10). Whilst BS 7671 does not state a minimum depth, the generally recognised depth of a buried cable to prevent disturbance is 600 mm.)
Of course it dosent matter now seeing that you have found another solution however wanted to put this out there so no one else gets hoodwinked by BG
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To clarify, buried a distance of 9ft from the house to the garage, not 9ft deep. Depth specified is 450mm.
I would have considered this as a half day job, 1 day at most. Trunking would have beed a couple of £, the quotes were a joke