hello all...whats the typical cost for a new consumer unit fitted and the old wired fuse box removed im in a semi detached house in leicester.....i have checked previous posts on here but i cant find anything
thanks in advance :)
We have a potential new site and it will need earth electrodes both for the LV side in general, but also for lighting risk. There may well be quite a few buried conductors and rods making this up and I was wondering about the use of thermite / exothermic welding for attaching copper to copper or...
I have had three led strips installed under wall units as part of a kitchen refit. A new pattress box was fitted in a stud wall next to an existing switch. Cabling was then fed inside the stud and out of the wall at the bottom then along the floor to the next strip and so on. Not connected as no...
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Wonder if any one could give a rough estimate for first fix electrics for a small 4x4 side extension? Would involve moving consumer unit same position to other side of external wall (which becomes internal wall of side extension.) 3 lighting points in ceiling, 4 double wall sockets (powering...
We have a potential client who might be using around 300 MWh per year and someone has mooted the idea of installing solar panels to carbon-offset that (part or whole). From a quick web-calculation for our area it looks like something of the order of 350-400kW installed capacity would be needed...
Hi everyone we are in the process of installing a new heat pump in our Victorian maisonette. The whole house is 4 stories and it was split into two separate flats a few decades ago. The service is looped between us and the upstairs flat. UKPN came around and estimated that we need an upgrade to...
hello i was wondering if anyone has tested the usage or cost per year of the Envirovent Cyclone 7 extractor fans the council are installing in flats/houses these days? the manual seems weird to me £1.97 per year seems way to low my electricity atm rates are 30.91 and 17.24, so was interested if...
Hi, I always receive high electrical bills average £180/month, I have monitored usage, switched appliances off, reduced usage by not using appliances; i.e. dishwasher. Nothing I do seems to reduce the amount of the electric bill. I have switched supplier, always make sure tariff is discounted...
Hi just looking for advice (or to see if anyone has had this done) if any one knows the cost of installing electrics from a main house to a static caravan about 15ft from the house. Tia
Hi guys. Just wondering what everybody is charging these days for a board change? I've got a customer who wants theirs changed, all of it apart from the lighting is already rcd protected so hopefully no nasty surprises.
I'm going to install a split load RCD board (probably Fusebox if supplier...
I'm looking for advice on what you think would be the best cost effective solution. I intend to pay an electrician to do all connections but would like to have in mind the best solution before I bring them in. The cealing is plasterboard and the wall is blocks for switch 1 and switch A...
Hi, I know a public forum isn't the best place to seek advice regarding "How much do you charge" chat but I recently did an EICR on a business property (Bar & Restaurant)
I carried out the EICR when they were closed through the night. 3 boards, roughly 26 circuits total. No previous reports, no...
Ignoring the obvious safety aspects - I finally fixed a socket today in a relatives home where an earth wire had come out of the connector which made the dishwasher, kettle and toaster give them shocks if they didn't have rubber shoes on...great!
Dangerous as that was - these devices appeared...
Hi, wondering if anyone can give me an idea on whether we are getting quotes in the right ball park or way off.
We had a 4 bed 1700sqft house, in the middle of a build extension of a further 1000 or so sqft - 2 storey, side (breaking into the garage) and rear. The initial provisional sums for...
Customer has leads . SO its test , remove transformers .Hook up fly leads etc . Nothing to high and not bad access etc .
What price per point do you think ? (30 in total )
Does anyone have an idea how much UKPN would charge for a 3 phase 100A supply. There is an overhead transformer less than 100m away from the property & the poles go right pass feeding the building next door.
Can somebody give me a rough idea on the labour cost (and timescale) of having an old coin operated electric meter replaced with a digital pre pay meter, not the card type installed by electricity suppliers but the pre pay ones available to buy.
Hi we have had a electrical installation condition report done (2 bed maisonette) which highlighted some issues all of which can be sorted by replacing old fusebox (installed in the 80s) we have been quoted £500 for installing an 8 way fuse board incl parts. The works are expected to take half a...
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Does anybody else charge more for their first hours labour than the successive hours?
Im thinking of implementing this, as our work recently has been lots of smaller jobs and callouts (Sometimes less than an hour on site) , lots more travelling between, so I kind of feel like we are not...
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