Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 07, 2009 12:20 pm My house is very close to completion. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned to my SS, when am I meant to be getting the telephone line in - he was meant to call me at the time when I needed to arrange this, but he hadn't given me a call which is why I asked him. Anyway, at this point, I was already at fixing stage. He said he'll organise if for me but still nothing has been done. I am just concerned now that it may cost more to do. When did you guys get told to do the trenching etc? Current build Porter Davis Brookwater 49, Eucalypt Wollert Build: 24th Jul 2015 - Approx Mar 2016 Previous build DFH Columbia 21, Lyndarum Epping North Build:20th Jul 2009 - 18th Dec 2009 Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 2Dec 07, 2009 3:07 pm it should have been done when the mains feed was trenched... it might be there.. next time you are on site look for a white conduit sticking up out of the ground near the mains feed... if it isn't ther eit si going to cost you a fiar bit to have it trenched in. if it is already in all you need to do is organise with telstra to get them to get the lead in cables installed. Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 3Dec 07, 2009 3:09 pm I was wondering the same thing, with my first build, we were too late and had to get Telstra in afterward, cant remember how much they charged, but they did charge. We are building again in Mill Park Lakes and do not want to get caught out again. I seem to remember someone saying on a previous post that when you are at lockup but I am not certain. Would love to hear from anyone on this. P.S. Notice you use Anthony's, so are we, where are you building? Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 4Dec 07, 2009 4:47 pm thanks guys. I asked my SS if mine was done and he said all the underground work has been done already. Phew!! Current build Porter Davis Brookwater 49, Eucalypt Wollert Build: 24th Jul 2015 - Approx Mar 2016 Previous build DFH Columbia 21, Lyndarum Epping North Build:20th Jul 2009 - 18th Dec 2009 Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 5Dec 07, 2009 4:58 pm Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 6Dec 10, 2009 10:39 pm Hi Pugs, Wondering if you could help me out ... We got our trench for the power mains, as well as the telstra conduit. Looks like they are going to put the power meter plus the phone connection box close-ish together. This is all located on our garage side (actually on the garage wall). So, what's the problem??? Our telstra pit is located on the opposite side of the house, on the nature strip, which is the whole width of the block (about 20+ meters including bends). Do we have to keep it this way, or can we move the phone connection box to the other side of the house, which is just several meters away from the pit (and dig a new trench for telstra wires)? If we have to keep it as is, why? In that case we would need to dig a long new tench under the driveway!! which is what we are trying to avoid. Is this possible? Is there any other way? Cheers! My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 7Dec 11, 2009 1:47 pm Thanks, Pugs! Yes, we are definitely sure about the pit location and the layout - we know our site quite well, plus we got the cable plans from Telstra just in case. Our pit is on the far Left Hand Side, while our power pole and telstra conduit are on the far RHS. They had to dig a mere few meters from the power pole to the house, and they put some string (draw wire?) for future telstra cable into the same trench (different conduit to the power pipe, I think). Our driveway is (and will be) next to the power pole, on RHS. So, any trenching across the block means that it needs to go under the driveway. As far as I can see, we have 3 options. 1. Get the builder to install the phone connection box to the other side of the house (once we have bricks), and then we dig a new (short) trench from that corner of the house to the boundary/pit (after handover). Preferred option, but not sure if it's possible. Why? Because it seems that it's imperative to have the power meter box and the phone box next to each other, ie. on the same side of the house. If we were able to divorce these 2 boxes and move the phone box to the other side of the house, we'd have no problem (we'd just need to dig a short trench to the pit, ie. to our front boundary, and then Telstra takes over and finishes off the rest to get to the pit over that last meter on the nature strip). Why are the power and phone boxes not "free from each other" ?! 2. Leave the phone box as is, and ask the builder to go 'thru the roof' with the cable. Is this "normal" practice? Plus, how and what do they do with the cables in that case? Can they hide and cover them properly? Is that possible? How do they run it thru the roof?? Good thing is that in this case we'd definitely avoid a long trench and it wouldn't need to go under the driveway (just a short trench as per option 1). Middle option (because not sure of the technicalities and how to run the cable thru the roof, etc.). 3. Leave it as is and then, after handover, dig a very long trench and under the driveway, all the way to the other side of the house where the pit is. The worst option. Actually, I'm sure that this can't be an isolated problem and that many people had the same issue with their blocks. Would anyone like to share their experiences ?? Cheers My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 9Dec 14, 2009 8:21 am ours goes up the wall and through the roof to the other side of the house. It didn't seem to be a problem. ( not a double storey house) Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 11Jan 27, 2010 7:05 pm hello, the telephone line can be done at ANY stage of building as long as you DONT have an obstructed route for the trench for the lead-in cable ( the main line from telstra pit to the house ). Or you are looking at a boring machine to get under your driveway or cutting it up The most common method is to organise telstra to install the lead-in when the electrical mains are being installed. most competitent electricians will chuck in the neccessary conduit for the telstra lead-in ( at a charge of course, but MUCH less than what telstra will charge you ) ask your builder to throw it in when the trenching is done.. most of the time a cable is not even installed at this point.. ONLY the conduit. the phone line is pulled through later when they come to connect it. Sometimes people forget about phones and get the driveways installed to find that the telstra pit is located on the otherside of the driveway ... please allow weird timeframes for telstra guys.. say a phone call saying ill be there sometime from 9 am untill 4. pm. i hoped this helped Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 12Jan 27, 2010 9:15 pm cenemelectrical ... Sometimes ... the telstra pit is located on the otherside of the driveway ... Hi cenemelectrical, We have that exact situation (I wrote something about it here and in quite a few other threads). Our Telstra lead in conduit (no cable yet) has been installed (together with the power line) on the far Right side of the house. Our only Telstra pit is on the far Left side (on the nature strip). So, the Telstra line will need to go under the driveway (not yet built) and all across our front yard, then exit our property and connect to the pit on the nature strip. How complicated is this job? Does Telstra do this, or is it their nominated service provider for that area (our area is covered by Silcar). How much can this cost? There will have to be approx 18 meters of trenching just across the front yard, and then 1 or 2 meters to get to the pit. And are they allowed to make a right angle, or must it be only a straight line?? Any explanation will be very much appreciated. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 13Feb 03, 2010 8:58 am We got a price today to get the telephone cable installed. Just to lay the cable and connections it $299 which I gather is standard, and we are also getting the contractor to dig the trench and this is costing $320. Does this sound correct?? Re: When does the telephone line need to be done? 14Feb 03, 2010 10:34 am JJ305 We got a price today to get the telephone cable installed. Just to lay the cable and connections it $299 which I gather is standard, and we are also getting the contractor to dig the trench and this is costing $320. Does this sound correct?? yes sounds spot on Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal I've just built 3 stairs off a landing out the back and been told by the private certifier I need hand rails sorry tried to attach a pic but couldn't mine don't have sides… 5 3978 4 7456 Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 7650 |