Fuse box & meter in garage that’s about to be demolished

[kingandy2nd]

Hi all,

Soon we’re going to be demolitishing our garage to make way for a new extension but fuse box and meter reside in the garage...which will eventually become a double garage on completion of the build.

Obviously I don’t want the electrics exposed to the elements while the building work happens.

My plan had been to build a wooden frame around the equipment, clad that in marine ply, and then use some flashband to make the edges/top watertight.

My other half has been googling and found some plastic meter boxes, but these seem to have a back and are designed for new installs rather that retrofitting over an existing fusebox.

I would welcome any ideas or suggestions on how to protect the fuse box.

Thanks
Andy

 

[SUNRAY]

Hi all,

Soon we’re going to be demolitishing our garage to make way for a new extension but fuse box and meter reside in the garage...which will eventually become a double garage on completion of the build.

Obviously I don’t want the electrics exposed to the elements while the building work happens.

My plan had been to build a wooden frame around the equipment, clad that in marine ply, and then use some flashband to make the edges/top watertight.

My other half has been googling and found some plastic meter boxes, but these seem to have a back and are designed for new installs rather that retrofitting over an existing fusebox.

I would welcome any ideas or suggestions on how to protect the fuse box.

Thanks
Andy

Your idea sounds like a very common solution

 

[bernardgreen]

Did the same when demolishing the woooden shed where the temporary supply, meter and isolator were located. Just a small section of wall left standing with a water proof cover to protect the electrics. Then a few months later the DNO moved the supply and meter to the permanent box in the wall of the new garage.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Thanks for your input guys

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Soon we’re going to be demolitishing our garage to make way for a new extension but fuse box and meter reside in the garage...which will eventually become a double garage on completion of the build.

Obviously I don’t want the electrics exposed to the elements while the building work happens.

So the garage wall on which the meter etc currently reside is going to remain, and will still be a garage wall?

Why are you knocking down the garage if the garage walls are sound and the garage is not going to move?

 

[JohnW2]

I don't think we've been told that the walls of the new garage will necessarily be in the same place (or necessarily strong enough and with adequate foundations if there is tio be additions above them) as the walls of the present garage.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

So what's going to happen to the cutout, meter, CU etc when this fragment of wall is removed? (Assuming it survives being in the middle of a building site).

foundations

Indeed.

I wonder where the supply cable runs?

 

[JohnW2]

Maybe there will be a new nearby wall onto which the cutout, meter, CU etc, can be relocated when this fragment of wall is removed?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Maybe.

 

[kingandy2nd]

So the garage wall on which the meter etc currently reside is going to remain, and will still be a garage wall?

Why are you knocking down the garage if the garage walls are sound and the garage is not going to move?

Hi,

Currently the meter etc are on the wall which will remain (as it's attached to the house). We are going from a single to double garage. So the other walls will be re-built but further away from the house

 

[SUNRAY]

Hi,

Currently the meter etc are on the wall which will remain (as it's attached to the house). We are going from a single to double garage. So the other walls will be re-built but further away from the house

Dead easy then, just build the weatherproof enclosure you described at the beginning and all will be fine.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Hi Job done, thanks all

Just need to add the flashband once the roof comes down.

 

[SUNRAY]

Hi Job done, thanks all

Just need to add the flashband once the roof comes down.

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Nice job. If it's going to be there for a while it will be worth putting some sort of seal down the hinge edges.

 

[kingandy2nd]

Yes, a very good idea. Will do that. Cheers