Concrete pad for standby generator

[ivsenroute]

Who puts them in, who subs that out and who tells the homeowners to get someone else to do it in preparation for the install?

 

[masterinbama]

I do my own if they are small, but I have a guy that I wire garages and out buildings for that does my bigger ones. I also use him for transformer pads and light pole bases.

 

[Sparky555]

Who puts them in, who subs that out and who tells the homeowners to get someone else to do it in preparation for the install?

Not my job.

If you're thinking of doing it yourself I think 80 pounds of bagged premix does 2/3 cu ft of concrete. How do you feel about hauling 1300 pounds of bagged premix concrete?

 

[bphgravity]

Here in Florida, the licensed electrical contractor is permitted to install the concrete pad themselves and/or subcontract the work out if they wish.

We have also have had a few instances where the HO buys the generator, has the pad installed, then contracts an EC to perform the connection. This can be a problem if the pad ends up encroaching on zoning easments unknown by the HO.

 

[ivsenroute]

If you're thinking of doing it yourself I think 80 pounds of bagged premix does 2/3 cu ft of concrete. How do you feel about hauling 1300 pounds of bagged premix concrete?

I already have a blown disk in my back that compressed until a piece broke off.

 

[bikeindy]

An 80# bag does 1/2 cubic ft of concrete. how large is the generator? I use about 6 80# bags for a small generator.

 

[masterinbama]

Sometimes it's best to follow Andy Taylors wisdom and just call the man. The guy I use for concrete can do it faster and cheaper than me on the bigger ones. I also have a guy that does the 5" conduit for transformer primaries over 100 feet. He can do the whole thing cheap enough where I still make a dollar or two a foot after paying him.

 

[PCN]

For residential we use alot of Onan RS 12 & 15000's , they have an intergrated base that does not require a slab , just a level location. We often just remove the topsoil and fill in with some crushed stone. There pretty slick units.
If a customer wants a different unit we've found a company that prefabs small pads that will accomodate a small genset. They deliver it and we just drag it into place.
For larger units though we just sub out slab work or have the GC do it.

 

[mdshunk]

Who puts them in, who subs that out and who tells the homeowners to get someone else to do it in preparation for the install?

Hey, if someone wants to hire me to do the install, I'm doing the install. If they wanted to contract their own pad, or anything else, they wouldn't have called me. I might do the pad myself or hire it done, but in either case, it's in my price. I neither want or would trust the homeowner to do any part of anything for me.

 

[William1978]

i neither want or would trust the homeowner to do any part of anything for me.

amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!