Outdoor sockets
Weatherproof external sockets on protected circuits, sited where you actually use tools rather than beside the back door only.
Outdoor & Garden
Outdoor & Garden Electrical Services
Gardens have become another room, and they need power like one. Garden offices, hot tubs, outdoor lighting, a socket for the mower and the pressure washer, and a shed that has been running off a lead through a window for the last three summers.
Outdoor electrical work has to cope with Irish weather, so it comes down to correct external equipment, properly protected circuits and cable routes that will not be damaged the next time someone digs a border.
Outdoor work we carry out
Garden and path lighting
Low-level path lighting, wall lights, spike lighting and feature lighting, with switching or automatic control.
Security lighting
PIR-controlled floodlights and entrance lighting for driveways, side passages and rear gardens.
Garden room supplies
A proper supply out to a garden office or studio, with its own distribution, sockets, lighting and heating circuits.
Sheds, garages and outbuildings
Power and lighting to detached buildings, including replacing temporary leads with a permanent supply.
External power for equipment
Supplies for hot tubs, pumps, gates and other outdoor equipment, sized and protected for the load.
Getting a supply out to a garden building
A garden room is not an extension lead job. It needs a suitably sized cable, run and protected correctly, usually buried at a sensible depth with the right cable type or duct, and terminating in a small distribution board in the building itself.
That approach means the building has its own protection, its own circuits for sockets, lighting and heating, and can be isolated independently — which matters when the room is being used as an office.
Standing up to the weather
Most outdoor electrical failures come down to water. Enclosures that were never rated for outdoors, glands not fitted properly, or lighting mounted where it collects run-off. We use external-rated equipment and pay attention to where water actually goes on the building.
Coastal locations around Fingal add salt to the equation, and fittings in exposed positions in places like Howth, Portmarnock or Rush corrode faster than the same fitting inland.
When to call
Talk to us about outdoor work if
We work across Swords, North Dublin, Fingal and the wider Dublin area. If you are not sure whether something needs an electrician, call 089 979 8130 and we will tell you straight.
- A garden room, office or studio is being built
- A shed or garage is running off an extension lead
- There is no outdoor socket for garden equipment
- Paths, steps or the driveway are unlit
- Existing outdoor lights or sockets have failed or filled with water
- A hot tub or other outdoor equipment needs a supply
FAQs
Common questions
Related
Work that often goes with this
Electrical Wiring & Installations
Sub-mains and new circuits for outbuildings and garden rooms.
Lighting
Interior lighting and LED work to match the outdoor scheme.
EV Charger Installation
Driveway and garage charge points involve much of the same external work.
Electrician in Howth
Exposed coastal properties need external fittings chosen with corrosion in mind.
See every service on our electrical services page, or check the areas we serve.
Planning work in the garden?
Photos of the garden and where the power needs to reach are usually enough for us to come back with a price.
Or email info@exileelectrical.ie — you can also use our quote form.