Cost of running electricity to my shed?

[white trash wagon]

I want to run electricity to my shed. The shed is 6 feet from the house, you could run the line from the fuse box through the attic out to the shed. I want switch inside the shed to shut it off completely, and 3 outlets.

What's a good ballpark figure to have an electician do this?

[dcs13]

Are you somewhere they will need to pull a permit ? Supplies should be about $100.. Do you have an unused breaker in your box?

[8mpg]

Do it yourself...its not hard. Or just run an extension cord in some pvc pipe

[white trash wagon]

Are you somewhere they will need to pull a permit ? Supplies should be about $100.. Do you have an unused breaker in your box?

I'm sure the city of Carrollton would want me to have a permit, but how will they know since the work is done in my attic & backyard? I have a 10ft fence .

[2165 Turbo Rail]

It's not hard I did my house in FTW that way. I had a single breaker in the garage to totally shut it off and I wired in 9 plugs and 3 lights for cheap

[black50]

I'm sure the city of Carrollton would want me to have a permit, but how will they know since the work is done in my attic & backyard? I have a 10ft fence .

from what i have been told:

If you do this without a permit/inspection and your house burns down because of it and the insurance company finds out it was done without the permit/inspection then they will not pay. But if its done right then you wont have any worry, just make sure you or whoever is doing it does it right.

[Vertnut]

In most cities I've done work in, a licensed electrician would need to pull that permit, and most cities also require that he be "registered" ($100-$150 annually) to do work in that city.

[dcs13]

I'm sure the city of Carrollton would want me to have a permit, but how will they know since the work is done in my attic & backyard? I have a 10ft fence .

You said electrician, so I assumed you wanted to do it legit.
I'd do it myself without a permit. It's an easy job. I would run the line in conduit. I would probably drop it in the ground to keep it out of the way and out of sight. I would use a GFI breaker since its outside just to be safe...
Get some help if you're not sure, but its easy to do. I installed a sub panel in my shop and wired the whole thing myself. That was my first real electrical work..Inspector thought the electrical sub building the house did the work..

[white trash wagon]

I want to do this legit, that's why I posted. If it requires a permit, so be it. It did not occur to me that I needed a building permit to run one circuit through my attic to a shed.

[UserX]

Or just run an extension cord in some pvc pipe

That's what I'd do, but I'm ghetto like that.

[dcs13]

I want to do this legit, that's why I posted. If it requires a permit, so be it. It did not occur to me that I needed a building permit to run one circuit through my attic to a shed.

Yep, when you live in town, you need a permit for all kinds of stupid stuff. Buddy of mine lives in Plano, he had to replace the back flow valve on his sprinkler, he had to get a permit.. He had a plumber come out and quote him some crazy ass price. (I think cause he lives in a fancy house). Anyway he told him to get lost and did it himself ...Well, I guess the guy turned him into the city cause the inspector came by..What a PITA...
So, to get a permit, you have to have a license, your cost just went up about $300. So about $400 is what you're looking at.

[mustngacman]

I live in Carrollton and did my own. Trenched about 25' and put it in conduit. I did not get a permit as I did it on the weekend. Put the whole shed on a GFI.

[crooner]

We can come out there and do it. It's $108 an hour plus material and permit. Your prolly looking around $650 just ball parking it if you want a company to do it.

[8mpg]

We can come out there and do it. It's $108 an hour plus material and permit. Your prolly looking around $650 just ball parking it if you want a company to do it.

lol... $20 extension cord and $8 in pvc is sounding better and better.

[STANGGT40]

If you want to do it yourself, I'll be happy to walk you through the process and help you put together a material list.