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Hi all. We've had permission for a new build house and detached workshop. The house overlaps slightly with a bungalow that we need to demolish. For the demolition notice we need to say what we'll do about services. Water is easy as we'll disconnect the bungalow and setup a stand pipe. Electricity is trickier as the meter is in the bungalow fed by an overhead supply.
We want electricity for the building works. It's looking pretty expensive (~£1000 [1]) to set up a temporary meter for during the build. What options am I not thinking of. We want to build the workshop first, but it will be more cost effective to demolish and pour both foundations at the same time.
It could be cheaper for me to get the electricity disconnected and give my neighbour £500 to run a wire off his electricity. That's an imposition though.
Stupid question, but can we leave the wall that the meter and overhead wire feeds into still standing and build a shed over it? I can't imaging building control being happy with that let alone the demolition company.
What is normally done for electricity on a building site?
[1] http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/in...need+to+move+your+overhead+power+supply-1.pdf
We want electricity for the building works. It's looking pretty expensive (~£1000 [1]) to set up a temporary meter for during the build. What options am I not thinking of. We want to build the workshop first, but it will be more cost effective to demolish and pour both foundations at the same time.
It could be cheaper for me to get the electricity disconnected and give my neighbour £500 to run a wire off his electricity. That's an imposition though.
Stupid question, but can we leave the wall that the meter and overhead wire feeds into still standing and build a shed over it? I can't imaging building control being happy with that let alone the demolition company.
What is normally done for electricity on a building site?
[1] http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/in...need+to+move+your+overhead+power+supply-1.pdf