Hello,
On April 29th, the civil engineering company will start installing gas, water, and electricity lines. For three months now, the telecom provider has failed to send the order to the civil engineering company to install their cables at the same time. Originally, the plan was to lay a 75 DN (nominal diameter) KG conduit alongside the other installations. However, we have now realized that a PE pipe is required, which is somewhat more expensive than a KG pipe. We do not want to spend money on an empty conduit just because the telecom provider has not gotten their act together. After all, 100 € is 100 €.
Question: The telecom connection costs 799.00 €. If we decide to skip the empty conduit, will this result in additional costs later since retrofitting will be more effort without an existing conduit? The driveway will only be paved next year anyway, so having to dig it up again would not be a problem for us.
On April 29th, the civil engineering company will start installing gas, water, and electricity lines. For three months now, the telecom provider has failed to send the order to the civil engineering company to install their cables at the same time. Originally, the plan was to lay a 75 DN (nominal diameter) KG conduit alongside the other installations. However, we have now realized that a PE pipe is required, which is somewhat more expensive than a KG pipe. We do not want to spend money on an empty conduit just because the telecom provider has not gotten their act together. After all, 100 € is 100 €.
Question: The telecom connection costs 799.00 €. If we decide to skip the empty conduit, will this result in additional costs later since retrofitting will be more effort without an existing conduit? The driveway will only be paved next year anyway, so having to dig it up again would not be a problem for us.
Hello,
I would have definitely told them off...
You are the client, you pay for the project, you call the shots!
Or put another way:
“Client is spelled G-O-D.”
Some people tend to forget who actually pays their salary.
But on the topic, a much more interesting challenge than the conduit itself might be the introduction of multiple utility lines into the house. This either has to fit the conduit size (which could be difficult with a 75mm (3 inches) sewer pipe) or you have to accept that you only run the conduit up to the outside wall and leave the connection point open until someone threads the proper cable through.
Best regards,
Andreas
blaupuma schrieb:
My deep blue ones refused when I just wanted to lay it in.
I would have definitely told them off...
You are the client, you pay for the project, you call the shots!
Or put another way:
“Client is spelled G-O-D.”
Some people tend to forget who actually pays their salary.
But on the topic, a much more interesting challenge than the conduit itself might be the introduction of multiple utility lines into the house. This either has to fit the conduit size (which could be difficult with a 75mm (3 inches) sewer pipe) or you have to accept that you only run the conduit up to the outside wall and leave the connection point open until someone threads the proper cable through.
Best regards,
Andreas
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pffreestyler11 Apr 2019 18:36Yes, I would have preferred without a multi-utility connection, but unfortunately I was required to take one.
I contacted the telecom company again – according to the home builders’ hotline, it won’t cost me anything extra on top of the 799.00 € if the civil engineering company includes it on April 29th. They assured me that the order will be placed in time. I’m curious to see how it goes.
I contacted the telecom company again – according to the home builders’ hotline, it won’t cost me anything extra on top of the 799.00 € if the civil engineering company includes it on April 29th. They assured me that the order will be placed in time. I’m curious to see how it goes.
Nordlys schrieb:
Not everyone has such a multi-utility entry. Traditionally, there are sewer pipes in the foundation slab through which the cables pass.Nothing is traditional anymore.
Unbelievable.
Here in Baden-Württemberg, the local utility company Netze BW required a multi-utility house entry. There was no other option. Sure, it costs around 800€ (about $880), but everything is sealed and tidy. Each service has its own conduit, plus one for the garage.
Regarding telecommunications:
Yes, the connection costs 799€ (about $880) without any conduit or similar. You can get a 400€ (about $440) credit if you become a customer after moving in.
For our build, everything was applied for right at the start. When applying for the electricity connection through Netze BW, there was an option to indicate that you also commissioned the telecom provider. Netze BW then pulled all the cables at once. The technician came the day before moving in to set everything up. No day without issues, and the phone number was transferred as well...
Why so annoyed? Of course, introducing multiple utilities at once is a new approach that is not always used. Here in the district, no one insists on it—neither the utility association that supplies gas and water and manages wastewater, nor the network company, nor the telecom provider. In our utility room, they all come in side by side through pipes that have been sealed at the top with a plastered base.
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