ᐅ Utility connection pedestal in the garden vs. utility connection directly inside the utility room
Created on: 8 Jul 2020 14:32
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Hello everyone,
we are (hopefully) moving into a semi-detached house next autumn. It is located 50m (165 feet) from the street and main utility connection, situated in the second row.
For the electricity application, we now have to specify whether we want a connection pillar installed in the garden and roughly indicate its location, or if we prefer a connection directly in the utility room, in which case we need to submit the ground floor plan.
The topic of electrical installation for a new build is still quite confusing for me, and unfortunately, depending on whom I ask, I get different opinions.
The pillar should ideally be placed directly at the front boundary. Since we are having a back-to-back semi-detached house built, our plot starts right at the house. However, we cannot put the pillar in front before construction (it would be installed before the build to supply temporary construction power), as it wouldn’t survive the construction process. So it would have to be placed further inside the plot. According to an employee from the local electricity network company in Berlin, this does not make sense because there would be a main cable to the pillar and then two separate cables running back again to the utility room.
He also said that a connection directly into the utility room would not be significantly more expensive.
Acquaintances, however, say that there is an additional cost of about 2000€ for installing the connection in the utility room instead of a pillar.
What are your experiences? What is considered "state of the art"? Is a pillar even possible with our layout?
For reference: We are building on a slab foundation.
Maybe you can shed some light on this for me.
Best regards
we are (hopefully) moving into a semi-detached house next autumn. It is located 50m (165 feet) from the street and main utility connection, situated in the second row.
For the electricity application, we now have to specify whether we want a connection pillar installed in the garden and roughly indicate its location, or if we prefer a connection directly in the utility room, in which case we need to submit the ground floor plan.
The topic of electrical installation for a new build is still quite confusing for me, and unfortunately, depending on whom I ask, I get different opinions.
The pillar should ideally be placed directly at the front boundary. Since we are having a back-to-back semi-detached house built, our plot starts right at the house. However, we cannot put the pillar in front before construction (it would be installed before the build to supply temporary construction power), as it wouldn’t survive the construction process. So it would have to be placed further inside the plot. According to an employee from the local electricity network company in Berlin, this does not make sense because there would be a main cable to the pillar and then two separate cables running back again to the utility room.
He also said that a connection directly into the utility room would not be significantly more expensive.
Acquaintances, however, say that there is an additional cost of about 2000€ for installing the connection in the utility room instead of a pillar.
What are your experiences? What is considered "state of the art"? Is a pillar even possible with our layout?
For reference: We are building on a slab foundation.
Maybe you can shed some light on this for me.
Best regards
And formally? Did you first apply for temporary construction power and then separately for the house electrical connection (or at the same time)? Or did you only apply once for the (house) connection, and the electrician first connected the temporary construction power box and then the distribution panel inside the house?
Built in Berlin,
construction power and electricity connection applied for, called to confirm that the power pedestal will continue to be used for both houses to supply the construction site and later the new buildings. Our thick underground cable now runs directly into the distribution board in the utility room. Two applications submitted and both (process numbers) processed one after the other. Sometimes the utility providers require two separate pedestals for two houses.
construction power and electricity connection applied for, called to confirm that the power pedestal will continue to be used for both houses to supply the construction site and later the new buildings. Our thick underground cable now runs directly into the distribution board in the utility room. Two applications submitted and both (process numbers) processed one after the other. Sometimes the utility providers require two separate pedestals for two houses.
I’m also in Berlin, so your case interests me a lot.
Okay, so if it has to be done that way, it’s not good for me. I thought it would be different. Was the house connection cheaper because the external pillar was already there? Because a house connection with a box inside the house costs 1570 EUR net.
A new external pillar costs 1070 EUR net.
Temporary construction power connection costs 660 EUR net.
If I need a temporary construction power connection anyway, and then possibly more costs inside the house, I might as well save myself the external pillar that hasn’t been installed yet at my place...
Okay, so if it has to be done that way, it’s not good for me. I thought it would be different. Was the house connection cheaper because the external pillar was already there? Because a house connection with a box inside the house costs 1570 EUR net.
A new external pillar costs 1070 EUR net.
Temporary construction power connection costs 660 EUR net.
If I need a temporary construction power connection anyway, and then possibly more costs inside the house, I might as well save myself the external pillar that hasn’t been installed yet at my place...
If there are columns in the construction area, you have to include them. In our case, with an older building that had columns, we had no choice.
Try calling the utility provider and find out in advance which approach is better. Although it’s a city, there are differences between the districts.
Try calling the utility provider and find out in advance which approach is better. Although it’s a city, there are differences between the districts.
Yes, I can tell already. The problem is, no one is really thinking it through. I shared my ideas and so on, but no one comes back saying, “Your idea isn’t that smart.” The contact person is currently on vacation, so I thought maybe someone here happens to know. I guess I’ll have to call the hotline.
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