ESB/Eircom connection to new house

padraig.od

Hi,

I'm investigating the feasibility of building a house and one of things holding me up is how the ESB will would connect power to the house, and the price that they may charge.

The site is located down a wide private (concrete) lane, about 100m as the crow flies from the nearest pole/side of the road. At the bottom of the lane is a narrow stream. Redimentary site map below.

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== road-side ditch
* closet pole
| | lane
[[ bridge
~~ stream
## proposed house location

EDIT: OK the map isn't displaying correctly in the thread. The lane runs from the bridge to the roadside ditch, from A to B and is slightly wider than the bridge. The house is located incorrectly in the displayed map too. Assuming the lane runs North-South, then the house would be located North-East of the bridge. Note I do not have access to the lands at either side of the lane.

Ideally we could provide a trench to carry the supply from the road to the site, but the stream puts paid to that idea I think. Would they trench to the stream, erect a pole to carry it across the water and trench again to the house? Or would they want to pole from the road and cross the stream without going underground?

Would the ESB carry out a site visit and provide an estimate before planning permission is granted? I've got a feeling that getting the supply down there will cost me a fortune, and if the cost is too great then I might not go ahead with the project. But it looks like to get the ESB to visit I need planning permission, which I don't want to go ahead with without knowing what this may cost!

Does anyone have an idea of how the ESB will approach this particular site and an estimate of the ESB costs involved? I can budget for trenches. labour etc. myself but what the ESB might charge is a bit of a black box to me.

Also Eircom.... would they use the same trenches, poles etc. that the ESB guys use?

Any help appreciated!

muffler

Unless it has changed recently you get up to 3 poles included in the standard connection fee. There is an obligation on the ESB to provide every dwelling with a power supply so the cost of the power supply wont be any more than the cost to provide a supply to a house sitting adjacent to the road/and or existing pole.

As to the route they would take I wouldn't want to hazard a guess but you could make an appointment with the local ESB engineer and bring your maps with you and discuss it.

EI: Una

Hi Padraig.od,

Our colleagues ESB Networks would be the people to speak to about this. Also, here is a link on their site that might be of help.

Page of their full contact details here.

All the best
Una

muffler

Electric Ireland: Una wrote: »

Hi Padraig.od,

Our colleagues ESB Networks would be the people to speak to about this. Also, here is a link on their site that might be of help.

Page of their full contact details here.

All the best
Una

Apologies, I clean forgot about the "talk to" forum

EI: Una

No problem at all Muffler!

ESB Networks does not have a presence on Boards anyway, so customers would have to be directed to them if we (Electric Ireland) are unable to answer a query.

Regards,
Una

padraig.od

muffler wrote: »

Unless it has changed recently you get up to 3 poles included in the standard connection fee. There is an obligation on the ESB to provide every dwelling with a power supply so the cost of the power supply wont be any more than the cost to provide a supply to a house sitting adjacent to the road/and or existing pole.

As to the route they would take I wouldn't want to hazard a guess but you could make an appointment with the local ESB engineer and bring your maps with you and discuss it.

Thanks, that's reassuring Muffler.

axle108

Eircom will not use the same poles to carry the line to your house due to safety issues. They would need to erect there own poles. Im not sure but this could incurr a cost on your behalf as its private land. A better alternative would be to get a pipe layed from your house to the nearest Eircom pole as it would make the connection quicker. Make sure a draw wire or rope is in the pipe for the cable to be pulled in.

As for the trench you might only need a pole on the house side of the trench, depending where the nearest poles are on the road.

Rock12

Hi Padraig, I would imagine the ESB would put overhead lines on poles in the most direct line up to the edge of your site. I think the distance is still within the limits of a standard connection fee of 1700-1800 euro. Your only obligation is to provide the buried red electrical ducting with a draw rope from the final ESB pole to your meter cabinet. There is a booklet on all the requirements which im sure can be ordered off the ESB web site. Hope this helps.

adne

I need to get two eircom pipes that run parallel to a site and get these put underground.

How much would eircom charge for this, would they supply the ducting for putting the pipe underground.

muffler

adne wrote: »

I need to get two eircom pipes that run parallel to a site and get these put underground.

How much would eircom charge for this, would they supply the ducting for putting the pipe underground.

Eircom have a "talk to" forum on boards. In fairness its mostly broadband, mobiles and account problems they are dealing with but if you ask your question there they may be able to get an answer for you.

padraig.od

axle108 wrote: »

Eircom will not use the same poles to carry the line to your house due to safety issues. They would need to erect there own poles. Im not sure but this could incurr a cost on your behalf as its private land. A better alternative would be to get a pipe layed from your house to the nearest Eircom pole as it would make the connection quicker. Make sure a draw wire or rope is in the pipe for the cable to be pulled in.

As for the trench you might only need a pole on the house side of the trench, depending where the nearest poles are on the road.

I'd trench everything except I need to cross water at one stage, so I'll probably need to trench half way, bring the cable up and over the water via 2 poles and then trench to the home.