House lift and Electric disconnect
Hi All,
Having a house lifted 3 feet and got a price of $525.00 to reconnect electric once house is lifted. The electric company will actually cut the power and turn it back on. The electrician will reconnect the power to the meter. Since the cable from the panel is down the wall, under the house, and up wall to meter, I see there being 3 extra feet of wire at end of lift. My questions is will there actually be any materials cost on this job? Seems alot of $ for 3 maybe 4 wires having to be reconnected to meter and grounding rod. Does electrician have to come out twice, is that why the high estimate? If in fact it is high. The house is located at the Jersey Shore on Long Beach Island.
Thanks
Kevin
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above message to all, must have hit wrong button saying it was intended for planingmill.
cable from the panel is down the wall, under the house, and up wall to meter
A total WAG:
Panel to Meter = 16'
Meter to the gooseneck = 12'
28' x 3 = 74' x $3/ft? = $226
Two trips = 2 hours + 2 hours labor = 4hrs
525 - 225 = 300 / 4hrs = $75/hr labor rate
At $2/ft = $155 = $92.50/hr LR
Sounds very reasonable to me for a Hard Number Quote.
SamT
Sam
Whats a WAG?
kevin
Never mind, a wild --- guess?
I don't see the need for wire to be replaced. Picture the run of wire like the letter "U". Now imagine the connection on the right side of the U to be 3 feet lower. The meter is pulled off the house so it does not go up when house goes up, the wire inside however does, leaving 3 feet of extra wire.
Kevin
When I did mine, the electrician came out, disconnected the feeders from the panel, and configured them inside a conduit so that they could go up as the house was lifted. They're buried feeders and I dug them up for about 10 feet, so this was possible. That trip took a couple of hours plus coordination with the utility to pull the meter and reset it.
We did the foundation work and lowered the house. He came back out, installed a new service, and moved the feeders over to it. Handling the feeders that time also required coordination with the utility and a couple of hours, not including any of the service installation.
By the time you're done, the electrician will have made three trips--one to look and talk, two to work. He may intend to install new wire from the meter to the panel, rather than extending the old. I don't think you have a $200 job there... and $525 might be the cost of interrupting his normal day three separate times.
How old is the house? Is the service very old or recent (the wire could be undersized or in marginal condition)? In addition to some of the scenarios presented by others, I don't find the quote shocking at all.
House is 125 years old. However the electric is modern, 150 amp service for a 900 sq ft house. It was put in in 1988. No upgrade needed there. I don't see the need for materials at all. That's why I questioned the estimate.
Kevin
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