Flat conversion and stats

[Maccapacca]

Converting a 4 story town house into 6 dwellings and need to arrange the single incoming services to be split and metered independantly.

Any tips or advice?

 

[Derek W]

speak to the individual providers

 

[Maccapacca]

I've started that

Electrcity want to know a load required in kVA for each flat (one bed gch)

 

[Nightglow]

Ask your provider for Multi Way Service Head 415v to 240v ,usually minimum size unit is 7 way I think, to provide you with six 80a or 100amp single phase supplies to each flat, with each flat having a 80a or 100a service connection & meter.

The form is a nightmare to filled in, need to know load requirement, whether there was any off-peak heating requirements for each flat,your electrician should be able to work out the power/loads figures.

You could have service head, service connection & the meter for each flat in a accessible central cupboard, with just consumer unit in each flat, makes it each to read them, especially if the tenants is out, than a meter in each flat.

http://www.service-connections.co.uk/wt-henley-service-heads.html

 

[Maccapacca]

Thanks, I've started with UKPN for the electrics and applied for a quote for 15kVA for each apartment plus a landlords supply.

The head looks interesting I'll have a read ta

Now looking at DNO and IDNOs argh

 

[Nightglow]

A lot of flats I worked on,they used a Multi Way Service Head, & run swa to the service connection in each flat, or have the service conection next to meter in cupboard & run from that swa to the consumer unit in each flat, most likely hasn't changed, but it was a neat solution having all the meters in one location, every tenant had a key to the cupboard, which wasn't huge, just about 300mm in depth & 600mm wide usually & various heights.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Yep, our complex is like that, works well, since i don't have to be in to get my meter read.

 

[Maccapacca]

Oh bejesus I've got to do an F10