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Wow. Just wow. Not gonna pollute with comments about it that others have already made. I will add that I am making electrical/gas renovations to the house/de
by mgarfias 5y ago
Wow. Just wow.
Not gonna pollute with comments about it that others have already made.
I will add that I am making electrical/gas renovations to the house/detached garage.
Basically we are adding LP to the house for my new range, and a gas water heater. Also ran gas to the garage for powering a genset. The past year or so has taught me the import of off grid solutions for certain things like cooking and hot water.
So, I had to dig a trench from the house to the garage. Code called for 18” deep, but I went as deep as my backhoe would allow. Grey pvc conduit was put in for elec, a separate tube for fiber, and pex for water.
The LP co, came and installed a 250gal tank on a pad I poured, then ran gas in some kinda pex-like tubing to the house and garage. County eventually came out to inspect and signed off, allowing me to back fill (partly down now). Next steps are to finish connecting the pvc to the house, finish the water run, and then I need to buy the copper for the elect run - probably $1500 worth.
The only bits I’m concerned about is getting the power shut off, and power lines moved to the underground conduit I’ve placed from the pile to the house as I’ll need an actual electrician or will have to wait a week for the power company to turn back on after the shut off.
- mgarfias 5y agoOh, I’d add that my current power runs through the trees to the house, and from the house to the garage in the trees. And the house is nearly 50 years old, and therefor grandfathered in without an electrical shutoff on the side of the house. Part of this project is to fix all that.
- teh_klev 5y agoThere is no gas or heating oil running to this shed.