My Porter Davis Build Blog

After a couple months of waiting, the day finally came for scaffolding to be erected. That day was Tuesday Sept 9. Week 13 of my build Here, you can see the panel of boards they had to put for protection against accidental electrocution. The power company has also put some sort of wrapper insulation around the closest power line. As the power had to be shut off for this work, the tradies had to get all this done by 3pm which was all pretty good timing because around 3:30pm, a mini flash flood and hail swept through Melbourne. 

Our underground pit was installed a few weeks ago. It is only about 1.5 - 2m to the electricity pole in the corner of our block so came in 'relatively' cheaply ~$2k. We used Webb Excavations ( www.webbexcavations.com.au ). Apparently, if underground is too costly, you can also opt for overhead. From what I've read, Porter Davis will charge ~$1k for overhead setups. Obviously underground looks nicer and I assume it would be safer too (even for non-bushfire areas).  Here, you see the concrete has been cracked where they dug the trench. They've already organised for a concreter to come in a few weeks time to have it fixed. It's good to know they were on top of it. The process to get this done was actually a bit harder than I thought. Our electricity wholesaler doesn't have their own preferred installers and I was directed to a big long VEDN contractor registrer . There are 200+ contractors with different levels of certification. Civil Work Type 1. P...