Non-ugly socket for a Gazebo?
Non-ugly socket for a Gazebo?
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kambites

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248 months

Thursday 25th June
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We have one of those sort of 50/50 split garden room and gazebo setups. The garden room part already has electricity, I want to spur a socket out to the gazebo area. Can anyone recommend a socket with a suitable IP rating (I think IP55 is the minimum, with IP66 being recommended?) which doesn't look like a huge ugly lump of plastic stuck to the wall?

Mr Pointy

13,240 posts

186 months

Thursday 25th June
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Cut a access hatch in the wall, route the cable thorough it & plug it in to the inside socket.

skilly1

2,879 posts

222 months

kambites

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71,207 posts

248 months

Thursday 25th June
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Mr Pointy said:
Cut a access hatch in the wall, route the cable thorough it & plug it in to the inside socket.
There's actually a window in the summerhouse that I can open to feed a cable through. I was just looking for a less faffy solution!

TGCOTF-dewey

7,708 posts

82 months

Thursday 25th June
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skilly1 said:
I need to get me some of those for my steam powered ornithopter.

Mr Pointy

13,240 posts

186 months

Thursday 25th June
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There's a flush mount Legrand socket which would be less bulky but I can't find a UK source:

https://www.legrand.com/ecatalogue/en/legrand-ecat...

craigjm

21,045 posts

227 months

Thursday 25th June
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What is the flooring in the Gazebo? you may be better off using a socket box in the floor

kambites

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Thursday 25th June
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craigjm said:
What is the flooring in the Gazebo? you may be better off using a socket box in the floor
Composite decking, but it's laid almost directly onto a gravel substrate set into one of those plastic mesh things so there's not enough depth for anything under-floor.