New construction
The cheapest generator install happens before drywall
Retrofitting standby power means trenching a finished yard, chasing conduit through closed walls, and living with whatever pad location is left. Specified at the plan stage, the same system costs less, looks better, and lands exactly where it belongs.
Load profile
What gets decided at the plan stage
- Pad and setbacks
- Location fixed against exhaust clearance, window and door setbacks, snow shed, and drifting patterns, before landscaping.
- Conduit and feeder routing
- Runs placed in open trench and open wall, sized once for the final generator rather than the starter unit.
- Fuel infrastructure
- Gas line and regulator sized for generator demand on top of appliance demand, or the propane tank placed and permitted correctly.
- Panel architecture
- Critical loads grouped onto a dedicated sub-panel from day one, so transfer is clean and load management is simple.
- Transfer switch provision
- ATS location, service-entrance rating, and meter coordination handled with the utility during service application.
- Generator-ready option
- Full infrastructure now and the unit later, a common approach when budget is staged across phases.
Equipment class
Common new-construction approaches
Whether the generator ships with the house or two years later, the infrastructure decision belongs to this phase.
Infrastructure only
Generator-ready rough-in
Pad, conduit, gas stub, and ATS-ready panel. Adding the unit later becomes a one-day job instead of a project.
14 – 26 kW
Single-family standby
Complete air-cooled system integrated with the electrical package and commissioned at final inspection.
150 kW+
Commercial build
Coordinated with the engineer of record: switchgear, fuel storage, life-safety separation, and witnessed commissioning.
Process
Working with your build team
Plan review
Trade coordination
Rough-in
Set & commission
Bring us in at the plan stage
Send the electrical set and your target timeline. We'll mark up the generator provisions and price both the rough-in and the complete system.