I’m almost a year into a new build on raw land in the country, and my GC is finally seeing fit to turn his attention to utilities after the entire project sat stalled for months because he “overextended himself on another job.” His and some of his subs’ working relationships with accuracy and detail have caused a bunch of headaches and added costs for me up to this point, and I’m having to watch everything that’s happening through a microscope.

So far, my electrician has honestly seemed the most dependable and invested in working with me to deliver the home I want. I want the option to upgrade to a single 400A line in the future (rather than a second 200A), and the process for 400A is about a year and I don’t need it currently. We brainstormed how to not waste money redoing hundreds of feet of buried conduit if I do upgrade, and he suggested using 400A-sized PVC to run 200A through for now. We provided direction for the wider conduit to the GC.

The earth guy has started trenching from the street pole on my property and I just did a site visit. Per the PVC markings, he’s running parallel 2” and 3” pipes. I assume the pole has both power and communications, since it has multiple wires of different thickness at two different levels.

Is this right and am I on the path I should be on? 2” for phone/TV/internet cable and 3” for 200A cable today, 400A tomorrow? Both labeled schedule 80.

Thanks.