Do you have electricity in the garage? If so, could you run a cable from there? Or have an outdoor socket put on the outside of the garage wall? Probably a job for an electrician though.
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Do you have electricity in the garage? If so, could you run a cable from there? Or have an outdoor socket put on the outside of the garage wall? Probably a job for an electrician though.
No electricity in the garage, I use a battery powered light in the winter, although it would be handy, maybe that is the answer, a call to the electrician about getting power to the garage as a route into the garden, or a socket on the garage wall. He might have the same issue about how to run the cable though!
I would run an armoured cable buried down the garden on the right hand side in your photo. Hopefully you have a power point near the window that an electrician can run a spur from to outside and fit an appropriate outdoor connection to the cable, then a power socket the other end to plug your pump into. Not a very cheap to do though Mind you if you want to hear the water down the end of the garden seems a bit farcunkess you have a seating area there.
I would run an armoured cable buried down the garden on the right hand side in your photo. Hopefully you have a power point near the window that an electrician can run a spur from to outside and fit an appropriate outdoor connection to the cable, then a power socket the other end to plug your pump into. Not a very cheap to do though Mind you if you want to hear the water down the end of the garden seems a bit farcunkess you have a seating area there.
That might be a good solution, I'm eventually planning to have a larger pond on the right hand side of the garden within a few years so might be handy to have power at the back for a pump. There is a seating area there, there are two patios, one in shade near the house and one in sun at the back, its a north facing garden.
Might call my trusty electrician for a quote to put a socket at the back.
Last year, I had the idea of getting a water feature, but was put off by the same problem as yours! I would be interested to know how much getting an outdoor socket will cost, as I suspected it would cost more than a water feature! I looked online at reviews of solar powered ones, and they weren't very good - a lack of reliability and longevity.
It's something we did ourselves but that was before the new regulations. The other option is more d,I.y https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Garden-Spike-Socket/67779/bn_7023571034 You can get various cable lengths. I expect the plug is moulded but in the past we have drilled a hole through the wall cut off the plug put on a new one and plugged it into a socket. Also plugged into a timer so it switches on and off as a water feature with lights looks good at night. If your water feature has a 10m cable you wont have to get it to the bottom of the garden.
I inherited an outside socket and it's invaluable. Worth putting in for the long term.
I have one its just in the wrong place! Side of the house so great for the lawnmower etc for front and back, fine for christmas lights, just no good for a semi-permanent water feature!
I'll give the electrician a call I think, will report back on estimated costs.
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Hopefully you have a power point near the window that an electrician can run a spur from to outside and fit an appropriate outdoor connection to the cable, then a power socket the other end to plug your pump into. Not a very cheap to do though
Mind you if you want to hear the water down the end of the garden seems a bit farcunkess you have a seating area there.
Might call my trusty electrician for a quote to put a socket at the back.
The other option is more d,I.y
https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Garden-Spike-Socket/67779/bn_7023571034
You can get various cable lengths. I expect the plug is moulded but in the past we have drilled a hole through the wall cut off the plug put on a new one and plugged it into a socket. Also plugged into a timer so it switches on and off as a water feature with lights looks good at night.
If your water feature has a 10m cable you wont have to get it to the bottom of the garden.
I'll give the electrician a call I think, will report back on estimated costs.