ᐅ Electrical Work – When Is It Permissible to Install an Electrical Meter Panel?
Created on: 8 Sep 2021 14:42
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Kishihmen
Hello everyone,
We are currently building three townhouses. Since our general contractor (GC) has stopped work, we unfortunately had to pause the construction.
At the moment, we have a completed basement and a finished ground floor including the ceiling above it. The houses are already connected to utilities, including a multi-utility house entry point.
The temporary power box on the construction site belongs to the GC's electrician and will probably be removed soon.
Our question now is whether we need a new temporary power box (including interim billing and registration with the utility company, Netze BW) or if it might be possible or allowed to install and register the distribution board in the basement already, so that construction power is no longer necessary later.
- The basement will not be plastered and will remain in its current condition.
If I have missed any important details, please feel free to ask.
We are currently building three townhouses. Since our general contractor (GC) has stopped work, we unfortunately had to pause the construction.
At the moment, we have a completed basement and a finished ground floor including the ceiling above it. The houses are already connected to utilities, including a multi-utility house entry point.
The temporary power box on the construction site belongs to the GC's electrician and will probably be removed soon.
Our question now is whether we need a new temporary power box (including interim billing and registration with the utility company, Netze BW) or if it might be possible or allowed to install and register the distribution board in the basement already, so that construction power is no longer necessary later.
- The basement will not be plastered and will remain in its current condition.
If I have missed any important details, please feel free to ask.
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BBaumeister8 Sep 2021 15:56For us, it was sufficient that the room alone could be locked. At that time, we had neither a front door nor windows. The mason simply installed a lockable metal door in the basement room. That was enough.
Typically, regional electricity providers offer builder consultations. They can also tell you which of their authorized installers is licensed to connect the meter cabinet. Has your general contractor (GC) managed to leave behind any "Fleischerhäuser"?
If you are not the client yourself, the electrician’s claims against you will be in vain.
I believe I already pointed out to the original poster here that insolvency courts only act upon request. Classic third-party applicants are health insurance companies. For a letterbox GC, these might not apply, and subcontractors often prefer to go bankrupt themselves rather than deal with their options in such cases. Without a formal request, no expert will be appointed, and therefore no expert becomes the administrator. By the time a public prosecutor suspects any delay tactics, the construction ruins have usually already deteriorated. So first, promptly consult a lawyer and have them assess the situation. It may be necessary to freeze the GC’s funds initially. And if there are no proceedings against him, the guy can still disappear freely. With some bad luck, the electricity supplier may demand settling the account first—because the electrician likely didn’t register the construction power under his own name but, due to a frequently cash-strapped GC, probably used a power of attorney from the builder. A head lost in the sand falls under the guillotine faster than one might think :-(
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Kishihmen schrieb:
The electrician didn’t receive any payment from the GC and now wants to get the money from us. Since we have already significantly overpaid the GC, I can’t cover the invoices for the GC’s service providers.
If you are not the client yourself, the electrician’s claims against you will be in vain.
Tolentino schrieb:
Especially if the GC ends up with an insolvency administrator,
I believe I already pointed out to the original poster here that insolvency courts only act upon request. Classic third-party applicants are health insurance companies. For a letterbox GC, these might not apply, and subcontractors often prefer to go bankrupt themselves rather than deal with their options in such cases. Without a formal request, no expert will be appointed, and therefore no expert becomes the administrator. By the time a public prosecutor suspects any delay tactics, the construction ruins have usually already deteriorated. So first, promptly consult a lawyer and have them assess the situation. It may be necessary to freeze the GC’s funds initially. And if there are no proceedings against him, the guy can still disappear freely. With some bad luck, the electricity supplier may demand settling the account first—because the electrician likely didn’t register the construction power under his own name but, due to a frequently cash-strapped GC, probably used a power of attorney from the builder. A head lost in the sand falls under the guillotine faster than one might think :-(
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Kishihmen schrieb:
or whether it might be possible or permitted to install and register the meter cabinet in the basement now, so that you won’t have to rely on construction power later. I’m not sure if that would be a good idea.
The utility provider needs a connection to the house, which is often—or usually, due to cost reasons—installed together for water and possibly gas or telecom. So, if you need any of those later, you might have to excavate twice.
Just give them a call.
Tolentino schrieb:
Without knowing the background that led to the construction halt There was no construction halt. A construction halt is an official order, not a standstill from the general contractor’s or client’s side.
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BBaumeister10 Sep 2021 08:21ypg schrieb:
I’m not sure if that’s a good idea for you.
The service provider needs a connection to the house. And usually, for cost reasons, the line is installed all at once for water and possibly gas or telecom as well. So if you need one or the other later on, the ground will have to be dug up twice.
Just give them a call. It definitely makes sense to have all your house connections installed into the basement at the same time, including telecom. For us, that was about €4,500 (approximately $4,900) for gas, electricity, and water, plus another €800 (about $870) for telecom.
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