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Spiral staircase

DPittman said:
I can only imagine carrying someone down (or up) a spiral stair case would be nearly impossible.
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With spiral staircase calls. Arms/legs always go through the supports causing nasty fractures and extricating the patient back up the staircase to untangle that limb sucks plus there's no way to immobilize until you get them down. Awful calls!
 
You're not from Montreal are you? :D

search for spiral bending, basically a pipe roller with a deflector on the exit side. Don't know of a DIY method if its reasonably heavy section like a hand rail wants to be. I'd outsource that part. (forever I treated outsourcing anything as blasphemous, now I just want to get on with it :) )

I share the safety concern with SS's, especially if carrying stuff up and down. I think it would be a fun novelty that might quickly wear thin
 
YYCHM said:
Need a picture of how that might work? Is your shop on a lower grade than the house?
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In a sense the shop is lower.
The basement of our house is half above ground so the ground floor of the house is about 2'ish feet lower than the roof of the garage.
The stairs up to the front door have a landing that is 3' above ground. The roof of the garage is 9' above ground so the difference is only 6'.
Now the one complication is that the power comes in overtop of the garage so that would likely have to be moved.
Maybe it gets run into the shop and then to the house underground.
Now were talking big dollars to move the service.
 
David_R8 said:
In a sense the shop is lower.
The basement of our house is half above ground so the ground floor of the house is about 2'ish feet lower than the roof of the garage.
The stairs up to the front door have a landing that is 3' above ground. The roof of the garage is 9' above ground so the difference is only 6'.
Now the one complication is that the power comes in overtop of the garage so that would likely have to be moved.
Maybe it gets run into the shop and then to the house underground.
Now were talking big dollars to move the service.[/Q
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Wouldn't dropdown stairs work for you shop? A couple of ideas here one with hand holds


 
When I first moved into this house I had a brand new service installed - from 60 amps to 100 amps, with a new main breaker panel and a new location for the main panel, rerouting the main wire from the middle of the back yard to the side. At the time, it cost about 1700 dollars. My guess is that it would be a little over twice that nowadays.
 
The quotes I had last year were all over the spectrum — I was looking for a 200amp service.

No contractor would make the call to the service company, they all tried to say that 100amp was enough, I suspect because it is not easy work and not “fast” work

My primary issue was that I was almost out of room in the main panel.... so the quotes were provided to put a larger panel (still 100 amp) to make room. That, and the wiring of 8-10 plugs and a sub panel in my wood shop was quoted between 4K an 9k

Crazy. I found room in the panel and did the work myself for 1200 in materials


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Yeah I can't see relocating the service. It's 200A. new about 10 years ago. It would be outrageously expensive.
 
You may be able to have the line raised high enough by extending the mast up. I would call the inspector and see what can be done. In theory it should only take an extension or new mast and new wire from the panel which still won't be cheap but cheaper than moving the panel.
 
The biggest problem is actually the cable service to the house. It's only about 4ft off the roof of the garage. The power service is a lot higher though if a person swung a rake they would connect.
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In Canada, there are rules on splices on the lead in from the power pole, and you'd have to consult a Master Electrician before contemplating it. I suspect you would have to rerun the wire if you raised the mast.
 
When I lived in Edmonton, I was able to install a new panel and mast and have the utility transfer the service over. I can’t do that in Calgary. I don’t know if that is due to a rule change or just Calgary vs Edmonton.
 
The wire down the mast will definitely need to be replaced if the mast is raised but the line from the pole may still be long enough to be reused. As Dabbler says, an electrician and possibly the inspector need to be involved.
 
I went down a 'conversational' path with the City (Calgary) wondering out loud if I could run a new line from pole to shop & circumvent house to shop (subsurface) line upgrade. I fully expected a separate meter like a house. But aside from cost what I was wondering about, in my simplistic mind, who cares, 2 power bills, same address. Old neighborhood, above ground poles... But Nope. You'd think I was asking for a temporary rocket launch pad.
 
David_R8 said:
During my time at Epcor, they only allowed one meter per residential address.
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David, same scenario in Saskatchewan only one drop as it's called here per residential property. Unsure if that means a meter on one's house or perhaps on a garage then running to a house. I assume it doesn't to the latter.
 
If you have two meters at one residence wouldn't they ding you for all the service charges and rider fees for each meter then regardless of electricity used?
 
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