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    • CommentAuthormarsaday
    • CommentTimeNov 1st 2016
     
    I am planning on doing a new garage and rear extension next year.

    I will be doing most of the work myself.

    I am interested in trying to provide services in my garage which may be required in 10 years time. Really i am thinking about electrical charging and storage. I am pretty sure this will be coming much quicker than we realise.

    I remember lots of people doing new builds 10 yrs ago and filling the house with cabling for all the new services, only to find this stuff wasn't needed due to wifi.

    So has anyone got any ideas on the stuff i should be thinking about.

    My drive from the pavement is about 15m long and is concrete. I also intend on replacing this with new block paving. So digging up the drive is not a problem. I also intend on running a new plastic water feed into the house to replace the old lead we are on. This currently goes into the toilet downstairs, but i would like it to come into the new garage.

    I am also thinking about doing the same thing with the electrical feed into the house. It enters the house at the front, but i would like to bring it up the drive and into the garage. Is this new feed a worthwhile thing to do ? Maybe not worth the cost (i don't know yet)

    Any advice and tips appreciated.
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeNov 1st 2016
     
    Ducts for me with pull throughs in them
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016
     
    Posted By: marsadayMy drive from the pavement is about 15m long and is concrete. I also intend on replacing this with new block paving.

    I think if you replace the drive the replacement will have to be permeable, but I'm not absolutely sure.

    I doubt very much that power cables will be replaced by a wifi-like system any time soon, so cables and/or ducts are definitely a good idea.
    • CommentAuthorJSC
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016 edited
     
    "I remember lots of people doing new builds 10 yrs ago and filling the house with cabling for all the new services, only to find this stuff wasn't needed due to wifi."

    Suspect we are going down the route of less cabling rather than more, as you point out!

    Only thing that springs to mind is dedicated feed from the CU to where the car will be parked for a high amperage electric charging point; probably just the ducting for it and a 'space' in the CU for a MCB.
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016
     
    Posted By: JSCOnly thing that springs to mind is dedicated feed from the CU to where the car will be parked for a high amperage electric charging point; probably just the ducting for it and a 'space' in the CU for a MCB.

    If the CU is in the garage and the charger is in the garage, I doubt I would bother with ducting. Things don't have to be pretty in my garage. (In my case, it is the main power feed to the house that runs through the garage, just nailed to the wall - the car charger is adjacent to the CU)
    • CommentAuthorgravelld
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016 edited
     
    Posted By: marsadayI remember lots of people doing new builds 10 yrs ago and filling the house with cabling for all the new services, only to find this stuff wasn't needed due to wifi.
    I realise this is not really the subject here, but this is wrong, imo. I would still wire a house for data. Always prefer wired over wireless. Wireless has its place but not every device has to be mobile. Remember wireless is a compromise in favour of mobility; you lose availability, reliability and performance.
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016 edited
     
    Posted By: gravelldI would still wire a house for data
    Good man
    Posted By: gravelldRemember wireless is a compromise in favour of mobility; you lose availability, reliability and performance
    and health - clearly for some, deniably for most of the rest of us, and perhaps not at all for the 'digital natives'.
    • CommentAuthormarsaday
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016
     
    The drive is concrete and block paving will be more permeable. Doubt this will be an issue.

    So a feed for the car from the CU.

    Is no one up on the powerwall from Tesla ? I thought this may be a big topic on here. I have only read a bit about it, but this is the type of stuff i was thinking about. Also i like the look of teslas new roof tile.

    https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/why-teslas-new-solar-roof-tiles-and-home-battery-are-such-a-big-deal/
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016
     
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2016
     
    Posted By: marsadayIs no one up on the powerwall from Tesla ? I thought this may be a big topic on here. I have only read a bit about it, but this is the type of stuff i was thinking about.

    Again though, it's probably best close to the CU so doesn't need much in the way of preparation except for reserving space for it.
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