Temp Site Supply

A petrol mixer and battery tools as it's only 3 and a bit walls and a roof.  I actually don't carry any electric powered tools on my van. I appreciate builders use different stuff but a simple garage will only take half a day to build . That is tongue in cheek by the way because i usually get told when they want something doing it will only take an hour or so.  

Ah yes, but how will you build the garage without power?

At my friend's self build, the garage (and potting shed, etc.) was built around the site cabinet. He paid quite a lot of money to have the supply re-routed even though all they did was to unscrew the backboard from the wall, swivel the service cable around, and reattach the board to the garage wall.

Quite clearly, we could have done it ourselves, but we would have looked very foolish if the service head and cable had parted company.

So it is! (w.e.f. 15 June 2022) Thank you for the update.

Can you hire a generator while construction work is carried out ?  They even do site cabins with them built in. Quick search online “From 10kVA to 4.5MVA, we've got generators for projects of all sizes”.

apologies - I assumed the small brown rectangles between the red houses were. Hmm. harder then.

Still worth angling to locate the feeder so that it becomes a house supply in the end with minimal effort.

M.

Mike,

they are no garages on this scheme....

Part S  has caused a headache on some current housing  schemes we are doing as due to the nature of the site the architect couldnt get parking space adjacent to the house causing some lengthy cable runs and chunky cables.

Ah has that changed, I thought it had to be ready to accept one if needed and only needed if it could be done for less than 3k ?

That may of course apply. It does suggest that getting supplies put into the garages and then into the house may be the easier way, and then as per Aligarjon's post,  if the temporary site supply can be centered on the plot for one of those garages you do not need anything to be pulled up and moved when it is all over.

As before though ask the DNO - they should already know what they are putting in for each house.

Mike.

Hi Chris,

It is a building regulation requirment (Part S) that all parking spaces associated to the property  are fitted with an EVCP.

If you can get a garage up without power get the supply put in there then it can be used for the bungalow and won't need moving after.

Gary

Apparently the new Temporary power systems update by James Eade will contain a chapter makeover to the mobile and transportable units section to include temporary site huts and office cabins