Project Overview
Electric11 completed a garden room electrical installation in Norwich for a newly created music space. The project provided the room with a practical electrical supply, dedicated local circuit protection, flexible socket provision and layered lighting.
The existing feed serving a shed was used as the starting point. New steel wire armoured cable was then routed externally to the garden building, where a small local consumer unit distributed power to the new installation.
The Challenge
A garden music room needs more than a single socket and ceiling light. Instruments, amplifiers, recording equipment and other accessories can quickly increase the demand for usable power points, while suitable lighting helps make the space comfortable at different times of day.
The installation also had to suit the timber-lined interior without unnecessary disturbance. External equipment needed to withstand the weather, and the new circuits required their own clearly arranged local distribution point.
The Electrical Installation
The team installed an external SWA cable to supply the garden music space and fitted a compact local consumer unit for the new circuits.
Inside the room, cabling was surface-mounted in neat white trunking. This approach suited the finished timber walls, kept the wiring protected and left the installation accessible for future maintenance or alterations.
The completed electrical provision included:
- One small local consumer unit
- Four flat ceiling light fittings
- Six twin socket outlets
- One external weatherproof socket outlet
- LED tape lighting above the door
- Surface-mounted white trunking
- An external SWA cable supply
The combination of general lighting and LED accent lighting gives the customer more control over the room’s atmosphere. Six twin sockets provide twelve plug-in points around the space, reducing reliance on extension leads when music equipment is in use.