Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Electrical fit out 2Jul 11, 2014 8:51 pm I don't have any photos but might be able to get some tomorrow but let me just say that a "rough in" is very appropriately named. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Electrical fit out 4Jul 11, 2014 10:23 pm I think you get what you see. I'm not too fussed about most of the work but I've done a few renos and the plumbers and electricians have always run things in a straight line and then shoot off at right angles where needed. With a new house it seems to be a free for all and I've got various wires and pipes going off at all different angles and the roof cavity filled with water pipes/gas pipes/power/data/phone/TV cables etc resembles a bowl of spaghetti. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Electrical fit out 5Jul 12, 2014 12:02 pm Quote: a "rough in" is very appropriately named. Yes I have to agree. I was never too worried about our sparky because he was neat and tidy and quite a methodical guy. Vertical drops to power points were always directly over power points or run horizontally at 1200mm off the floor ( where possible anyway ). Of more concern to me was the holes the sparky and plumber used to make to run their cables and pipes in the timber frames - sometimes they would notch out much bigger holes than necessary. Take lots of photos of all your walls and label them so you know which way the cables/pipes/ducts etc run for future reference. Stewie Re: Electrical fit out 7Jul 12, 2014 3:32 pm The seemingly haphazard cables at angles does usually have an upside, it uses less cable. But who pockets the savings? Electrician or builder? Or can the sparky get mor work by quoting less. Neater runs are really worthwhile if trying to add other cable types later on, as there are regs about keeping them apart, as well as trying to locate them. I did take photos of the criss-cross of cables that went into my walls.... Make sure to write/label them as well Re: Electrical fit out 9Jul 12, 2014 7:30 pm If you guys want to save a bit of money with additional power points, do what I did. If you want a PowerPoint on both sides of a wall in the same spot, only get them to put one. You can easily add another in the future on the other side of the wall by punching a hole and getting a sparkie to put another GPO. They piggy back off each other generally anyway. Re: Electrical fit out 10Jul 12, 2014 8:15 pm Great idea but if you intend to do this to too many points you might want to make sure you increase the number of circuits. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Electrical fit out 11Jul 12, 2014 8:55 pm Yes true and I think you have to be smart about which ones you do and have a bit of an idea on the types of appliances you may wish to run, but in reality they will often piggy back May power points. Just try to estimate your max current draw at any one time. Re: Electrical fit out 12Jul 12, 2014 9:31 pm robbie55 Great idea but if you intend to do this to too many points you might want to make sure you increase the number of circuits. I'm actually lashing right out and have a separate power circuit for each room, and a couple in my HT and home office. As well as that most will be combined CB/ECB. It staggers me that most houses only have very limited number of CB's in them. Yes, what I'm doing my be overkill, but it'll keep me happy. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Electrical fit out 13Jul 12, 2014 9:39 pm Wow that's great. Best way to do it. I think it should be more common. Really wouldn't cost that much more I don't think. I'm going to actually have a chat with the builders sparkies once they start. See if I can swindle a few dedicated circuits. Re: Electrical fit out 14Jul 13, 2014 9:05 am bpratt As well as that most will be combined CB/ECB. It staggers me that most houses only have very limited number of CB's in them. Yes, what I'm doing my be overkill, but it'll keep me happy. Last house I more than doubled the number of power outlets and put quadruple outlets as follows Media/TV corner Bedside Still needed to have a couple of 2 way adaptors. See thi slink for some more info http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2012/02/ele ... g-general/ The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Electrical fit out 15Jul 13, 2014 10:20 am bashworth Last house I more than doubled the number of power outlets and put quadruple outlets as follows Media/TV corner Bedside Still needed to have a couple of 2 way adaptors. My home office has 8 GPO's in place spread around the the room, and no doubt a couple will be 4 outlet ones. All of which will be on their own circuit. Just go to any display home, and check out their switchbox outside, and you'll be lucky to see 2 lights, 3 power, oven/stove CB's in there. I dare say my biggest expense with individual CB's per room will be the extra copper wire that'll be used to take them back there. And for convenience they'll all be accessible on the breaker box inside the garage, no more going outside in inclement weather to flick a breaker back on. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Electrical fit out 16Jul 13, 2014 10:58 am Our E plan was very clean and easy to read. We had one for the fibre optic smart wiring too. Only tips I'd give is go for double pps - not single. Really sit and think about where you want things. I had a couple of doubles put in the ceiling of the al fresco - so I could hang "zappers" off them. I had a few outside double weather proofs. We almost forgot one at the phone - landline - for charging. The more the merrier imo - it always costs more later. Re: Electrical fit out 17Jul 14, 2014 1:03 pm bpratt And for convenience they'll all be accessible on the breaker box inside the garage, no more going outside in inclement weather to flick a breaker back on. IF you are getting a Waste treatment plant that requires electricity, the breaker has to be accessible on the outside of the house, you wont be allowed to put it in your existing board in the garage. Re: Electrical fit out 19Jul 14, 2014 11:47 pm qebtel bpratt And for convenience they'll all be accessible on the breaker box inside the garage, no more going outside in inclement weather to flick a breaker back on. IF you are getting a Waste treatment plant that requires electricity, the breaker has to be accessible on the outside of the house, you wont be allowed to put it in your existing board in the garage. But my worm farm treatment plant does not require any electricity at all. Are you sure it needs the breaker to be accessible from outside of the house, or do you mean it needs a separate isolator on the outside of the house ? Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Electrical fit out 20Jul 15, 2014 10:58 am Most electrical authorities ( well the ones I've been involved with anyway ) will make you put the main fusebox on an external wall so they can read the meter etc obviously but they will also let you run a sub-board inside the house. 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