Gotcha, thanks a ton man. Very helpful.

Baha. Insane.

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.

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.

You mean diameter of conduit? What are typical, appropriate diameters?

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.

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?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’m not a native Vermonter - what does “lots of ledge” mean?

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.

This is great info. Thank you!

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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.

2-5 years is pretty accurate. That’s why I’m starting now.

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.

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