How to cover outside electrical panel?
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Joy Peters Kurtz
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We have ugly electrical and solar fixtures. Thoughts on covering. We need to be able to access occasionally. Thanks!
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I would suggest a box around with hinges for doors. The electric company needs to get to them for reading meter
I'd try doing something with lattice, perhaps putting a post in the ground at each end of the utility area, and attaching lattice to hang across in front of it. Attach it to the posts with some sort of hook-and-eye or latch system, so the lattice could be easily removed. Use plastic lattice, and you'll never need to paint it. It comes in several colors.
You could create a wooden cover using some long pallet slats
just use a wire and 2 eye bolts and hang canvas painters tarp to cover the whole wall, hang gathered like a curtain or flat and paint it with design or mural maybe low cost fast easy fix
Here is another idea that is attractive, yet allows for access to the meters.
Some thing on wheels! I just added these cabinets to my garage and put them on wheels so they can easily be moved if need be!
Check with your utility companies. Where I live, we can't cover them. I think it's crazy as we all have "smart meters" - they only send repair techs out if there is a problem.
You could make a lattice screen that won't interfere with covering them or access. Place it a few feet in front of the boxes and you can place pots below it and grow vines up it. Everything is mobile in case it needs to go.
hide the electrical box
https://www.pinterest.com/jenipher44/hide-the-electrical-box/
Add battons to wall and form cupboards using trellis and shelves for storage.
I used an extra piece of leftover privacy fence and create (by cutting it in 3rds and using hinges) a privacy panel that was easy to move around.
I would landscape in front of all of it. Tall and shorter plants.
Hey there, Joy! You can check out this article for more ways of concealing your electric panel. Hope this helps!
https://everydayoldhouse.com/how-to-conceal-an-electrical-panel/
You are allowed to cover your electrical panel but it must be easy to open, can not interfere with the opening of the steel door of the panel and you have to make sure you have full access to all of the breakers.
Keep in mind that some local electrical codes may prohibit the covering of your electrical panel. Make sure to first check with your local building authorities to make sure you can cover without violating any codes.
I would use the Lattice solution or make a pretty fence around it.
Build a cupboard around them. Use batterns off the wall and form a framework, then add doors.