Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 03, 2012 1:16 am Our builder is doing electric pre-start with Clipsal. Are we obligated to do all electrical stuff through them (such as smart wiring) or can we do it through Intelligent Homes? On the other note, how does electrical pre-start realy works besides choosing how many GPO's you want? Re: Electrical Pre-Start 2May 03, 2012 1:45 am it s meeting where they help plan out the electrics "clipsal" as such don't do anyting else for the build other then supply stuff you have paid for... to your sparky who installs it.. 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: Electrical Pre-Start 3May 03, 2012 2:17 pm Pugs it s meeting where they help plan out the electrics "clipsal" as such don't do anyting else for the build other then supply stuff you have paid for... to your sparky who installs it.. Yeah but do you have to have all stuff supplied by Clipsal such as smart wiring automation and all this stuff or can you go to Intelligent Homes or someone else and ask them to do all relevant stuff? Re: Electrical Pre-Start 4May 05, 2012 4:18 pm AubinGroveFan Yeah but do you have to have all stuff supplied by Clipsal such as smart wiring automation and all this stuff or can you go to Intelligent Homes or someone else and ask them to do all relevant stuff? most likey cause your builder / sparkies have a prefence on using Clipsal, and they (Powerhouses's) are there also to help you pick and choose where you want and where you want it installed ususaly they are there to help. you can sit down with the sparky if your builder lets you... Personally I'm going to sit down with sparky mates over a few beers and design our power set with our requests and get them to spec what I need to grab from one of my wholesalers.. at each stage.. 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 We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13758 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8708 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81723 |