I am currently building a garage and got a bit rushed with the wall gypsum to get the doors in, so I missed running electrical wiring to the future charging station that I planned to have on the center post.
The wall is constructed with a 145 + 45 installation layer, and the surface is chipboard and gypsum. One idea I had was to build an additional installation layer with 45mm, insulation, and gypsum, and run the missing electrical wiring there. This way, the door fittings would also be built into the wall, providing more opportunities for better insulation around the door...
Regarding the question. Is it a bad idea to build in a finished wall this way? I am worried about possible moisture migration. The sealing between the metal in the door and the 45 rule that is added, I planned to seal with an expanding joint tape and finally cover with a strip.
Feels pretty stupid, right? What do you do if you need to change the port sometime? Do it again, do it right. Or trace and patch. Or simplest, surface-mounted cable and outlet.
Where will you place the button for the gate opener? That section of the wall is excellent for this. And potentially a light switch.
If you have now installed the ceiling rails (how did you do that without a ceiling?), it's not a big job to take down the doors, unscrew the panels, and run the electrical wiring.
If you now have the ceiling rails up (how did you do that without a ceiling?), it's not a big job to take down the gates, unscrew the boards, and pull the wiring.
They are temporarily attached to the ceiling battens.
Taking everything down was my initial thought... but it's really hard to motivate myself...
I mainly planned to use the remote control for the gate opener and have a button along each long side for each gate and have any other necessary electrical installation there with outlets. The original plan was to have two charging stations on each long side but then realized they are extremely expensive + one will probably be enough.
There is a 16mm flexible conduit in the middle also going straight down, which then goes out to the outer panel for an outdoor socket (pressure washer etc). It should be possible to router a hole right over the conduit and then bring it in and out again with a renovation box. But then it will only be 1-phase 16Amp.
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