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Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j06wxph wrote
Reply to comment by kevinhcraig in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Baha. Insane.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j06wm4z wrote
Reply to comment by insideoriginal in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
The reason I need to tie into the grid is that I need a build loan to begin construction unless I would be paying in cash - lenders who fund off-grid construction loans are few and far between.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j06uroj wrote
Reply to comment by Willie_the_Wombat in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Oh that totally makes sense, I didn’t think of it running along a bridge - have you seen that done before or done it? Either scenarios are possible options in my run, so that’s at least a good starting place to look into doing. Thanks so much for the helpful info.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j06udoc wrote
Reply to comment by KittenLOVER999 in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
You mean diameter of conduit? What are typical, appropriate diameters?
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j0626xh wrote
Reply to comment by Willie_the_Wombat in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Awesome, thanks so much for the info. Do you know anything about crossing small streams with cable? I get that water and electrical doesn’t mix, but considering there’s so much water in VT I’m wondering if anyone’s figured out how to make crossing a small stream feasible with underground conduit, like placing it over or below a culvert or bridge or something, or if that scenario will always require overhead lines whether related to permitting or code.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j05i50b wrote
Reply to comment by arh3 in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Ah gotcha, yeah we’d likely have the same issue as we’d be on a mountain also. Did he just have to route around the formations then or idk if they can use a rock breaker to get through those. If he had to route around, did that make a noticeable difference in the amount of cable you had to run?
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j05hcwv wrote
Reply to comment by arh3 in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’m not a native Vermonter - what does “lots of ledge” mean?
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j05h7u3 wrote
Reply to comment by anothervtcouple in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
At what depth does the conduit/trenched cables need to be? I think someone gave me a link to a handbook below but figured I’d ask in case you knew off the top of your head. We’d probably do this part ourselves.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j04e51o wrote
Reply to comment by anothervtcouple in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
This is great info. Thank you!
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j04dsyg wrote
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j04dqai wrote
Reply to comment by Mad__Vlad in Good home builder experiences in central VT? Need references for fairly extensive site work and barndominium build. by Elegant_Schedule1566
It’s not necessarily a pole barn or on a slab, it can be those things but it can also be a metal building on a basement or crawlspace - it’s just a broad term for an affordable, relatively quick and simple structure, like a big rectangle shell of a building (like a barn) that you create a floor plan within, and it typically has both a house component and a shop component, though it doesn’t have to.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j04br9e wrote
Reply to comment by Vtguy802812 in Good home builder experiences in central VT? Need references for fairly extensive site work and barndominium build. by Elegant_Schedule1566
2-5 years is pretty accurate. That’s why I’m starting now.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j0488hl wrote
Reply to comment by TrumpImpeachedAugust in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
I think I mentioned this originally as well, but the point is that I need to meet build loan lending requirements. Banks typically don’t fund off grid mortgages, it’s fairly rare.
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j047yyd wrote
Reply to comment by df33702021 in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
It’s about lending requirements rather than what would be nice to have, I’d love to go off grid but then it’s harder to get a build loan funded
Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j06xtx9 wrote
Reply to comment by Willie_the_Wombat in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566
Gotcha, thanks a ton man. Very helpful.