vorkalmatador
2021-07-02 13:15:16
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Hello dear forum,
short and sweet: Next Monday the electrical sampling for the shell of our semi-detached house to be built will take place.
Basically, we have already thought about the basics (location of light points, light switches, motors, power outlets, network sockets), but I would like to clarify a few points before I have to deal with the probably rather unmotivated master electrician of the builder on Monday :)
It has become a bit more than planned, sorry.
I hope you can still help me a bit so that I can tell the electrician exactly what I want and not let myself be pushed around with statements like "no, you don’t do that".
Best regards
short and sweet: Next Monday the electrical sampling for the shell of our semi-detached house to be built will take place.
Basically, we have already thought about the basics (location of light points, light switches, motors, power outlets, network sockets), but I would like to clarify a few points before I have to deal with the probably rather unmotivated master electrician of the builder on Monday :)
[*]Preparation for wallbox: We would like to have the necessary connections (11 kW, 3-phase) prepared so that we can connect a wallbox in the future. So far, the wallbox is planned on the outer wall of the house (36er aerated concrete). Will the raw cables simply stick out of a hole or how is this implemented? In case I later want to install the wallbox not directly on the wall but further back in the garden, could I "extend" it?
[*]Network access point: Network sockets are of course planned in some rooms. Some single, some double (please don’t stone me for not having everything double right away, I can still upgrade that. I negotiated the number of sockets into the contract), some in aerated concrete, some in drywall. I have planned network sockets both in the hallway on the ground floor and on the upper floor to equip them with Ubiquiti PoE access points. I won't be able to install the device in the concrete ceiling anymore, so at least on the ground floor it is planned to mount it relatively high on the wall. Does anything have to be considered here or is the connection prepared like "normal" network sockets and then the flat access point is just plugged in? Between the upper floor and the attic is a wooden ceiling (not yet built), could I still plan to put the thing on the ceiling there or will the electrician laugh at me and say that is not possible?
[*]Network cabling: If I understood correctly, it works like this: The electrician lays in-wall cables to the sockets from inside. They end somewhere, hopefully in the utility room, and have to be wired into the patch panel there. Do I have to do this or is it included when you agreed with the builder on "installation of 10 network sockets"? Then from the patch panel one patch cable per in-wall cable goes into the switch, which is connected via patch cable to LAN1 of the Fritzbox.
[*]"Smart" roller shutter motors: All our roller shutters will be motorized, unfortunately I don’t see in the contract which motor. I would like to be able to control the roller shutters by app so that I can open/close everything upstairs from the couch downstairs. What makes the most sense here? Upgrade the motor directly to a "smart" one for a probably high price? Just make the switches "smart"? I also read that you can simply ask the electrician to make the hollowing behind the socket a bit deeper so that, if necessary, a 2.5 Shelly can be installed between the switch and the motor. Do electricians do that or are there problems regarding warranty? Are there other suggestions?
[*]Power for the garden: We would also like to have power in the garden area, for example where the shed or carport will be later. We don’t yet know 100% where the shed and carport will be, so we can’t tell the electrician precisely yet. How can something like that be prepared? Conduits are not flexible either.
[*]Intercom system: Our semi-detached house is on an amazing plot, about 55m from the street. Since the house in front is currently for sale and we don’t know what the buyers plan, there is currently no gate at the front. Surely there will be one in the future; should we have a conduit laid there already? A modern video intercom probably can’t be installed at the gate then, since there will be no internet connection there yet. Or could I have a network cable laid all the way to the front in a conduit and then connect a camera with the network cable?
It has become a bit more than planned, sorry.
I hope you can still help me a bit so that I can tell the electrician exactly what I want and not let myself be pushed around with statements like "no, you don’t do that".
Best regards