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arh3 t1_j05goln wrote

Reply to comment by Elegant_Schedule1566 in How much did it cost you to run power to your build per foot/yard? Green Mountain Power by Elegant_Schedule1566

I ran fiber to my house recently and the set of costs were similar. I live in a wooded area with lots of ledge, and my house is a bit of a distance from the road, so digging the trench was BY FAR my biggest expense.

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Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j05hcwv wrote

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I’m not a native Vermonter - what does “lots of ledge” mean?

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arh3 t1_j05hmex wrote

Rock formations that can't really be removed... but are often buried so your guy with the excavator is digging 10 ft at a time hoping for the best lol. I'm up on a mountain.

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Elegant_Schedule1566 OP t1_j05i50b wrote

Ah gotcha, yeah we’d likely have the same issue as we’d be on a mountain also. Did he just have to route around the formations then or idk if they can use a rock breaker to get through those. If he had to route around, did that make a noticeable difference in the amount of cable you had to run?

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arh3 t1_j05if4s wrote

He worked around it, which extended the timeline a bit. I don't think it made a material difference in distance.. But he also had to clear a road through the woods so the excavator can fit in the first place. It ended up being a large, two week project just to get the trench and conduit in place.

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Legitimate-Future255 t1_j06ounr wrote

What does something like this cost roughly if you don’t mind me asking?

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arh3 t1_j1zzkf7 wrote

Apologies for the delay. IIRC it was about $13k... comprised of labor, machinery, and the conduit itself.

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