Cohousing-L Mailing List: conduit for community network

[Kay Argyle (argyle]

> Now if we had not had to value engineer out the between units
> conduit for phone/cable/ethernet .......
[Re: [C-L]_Colorado Springs Cohousing - 10 openings]

One of our members did the conduit during construction.  Working evenings
and weekends, he trenched between each building, drilled a hole in the
foundation, laid conduit, pulled cable through, and connected it to a wall
box in each unit (all with the contractor's knowledge and permission).  All
the wires connect to a panel in the common house office.

We've learned since, from experience with sprinkler installation, that $50
to rent a ditchwitch is an excellent investment (a ditchwitch is like a big
chainsaw on wheels).  Trenches that take weeks by hand can be done in a
weekend with a ditchwitch.

If you can get the architect to show the conduit locations in the drawings
("to be done by owner" or something) then you may be able to avoid the other
problem we had (besides sore muscles & blisters, I mean), which was that in
two places, after he laid the conduit, the contractor was trenching in the
same area and broke it.

Kay
Wasatch Commons

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