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  1. M

    Moaning customers..

    What would you guys say is a fair price.. Been aked to wire up a shower. Taken alook this morning, already rcd protected, needs 10metres 10mm twin & earth, 50 amp pull cord switch, mk 50amp breaker, also will main bond water as there isnt one present 4 meters 10mm. easy cable run, approx 2 hours...
  2. B

    Pricing new build

    Pricing to wire a new build 3 bedroom bungalow 2 of the bedrooms are on suite 30 double sockets 20 light fittings 3 phone points 3 tv points and all the usual smoke det., cooker, etc. no electric showers what do you think a reasonable price would be?
  3. J

    Pricing help

    Can anyone help with the basics of pricing,im thinking of setting up as i've been offered my old bosses contracts.The problem is i've never really had to price for a contract or a big job.Their are a couple of Fire Alarm & Emergency Lightings contracts for Apartment blocks and Public...
  4. M

    Help with pricework

    Had a meeting today with home improvement company/developer.He wants a couple of electricians as subbies to work on various contracts he has coming up.When i do price work i normally provide materials and make decent money.£50 a socket /switch ,set price for consumer unit and bonding...
  5. C

    chineses imported materials

    just had our site shut down due to chinese imported materials being used, not electrical ones. weve been on the project 6 weeks doing a carrillion office for the new hospital in bristol. people have been complaining of rashes and skin irritation since the 2nd week into the contract, today its...
  6. L

    pricing????

    I have been offered loads of price work which ive not much experience of, i basically want to know if a jobs like a re-wire etc what do you ask for in the way of a deposit? mates have said you can ask for the costs for the equipment needed to do the job and the rest when you complete,then others...
  7. A

    cheapest place for materials i.e cable

    Hello my name's Adam i have recently just left college and i'm looking into getting materials together so i can still practice differnt types of circuits on a big wooden board like i did in college. I was wondering does any body know which is the cheapest place to buy materials from in the St...
  8. P

    Pros and cons of screwfix

    Recently,I had a customer that said to me" if you can get the materials cheaper than I can get myself at screw fix,go ahead!" for 6 bathroom spots and a shower install I said they would have to incur my premium charge of £17 PH if they supplied their own materials. After agreeing,but then after...
  9. C

    making money on materials??

    i work for a bloke at the moment, when ever he gets a quote for materials from the wholesalers he would add 15/20% on to the job quote price, is this normal practice?
  10. sythai

    CU changes.... testing first

    Evening all... Just quick question before pop out. Recently there was a post on CU upgrades, and someone? said when pricing they done it as 2 seperate jobs. First job: full test and rectify any faults. Second job: CU swap and quick test (as you will have most of results from job one) Good...
  11. S

    Fitting a Shower (Some Q's)

    Hello forum. I have just been given the task of fitting a shower for an elderly lady. Shower is supplied by customer (8.5kw) I need to run 10mm cable from board to unit (approx 20-25m) connect and test. She has an old wylex board...
  12. B

    materials

    hi was just wondering where most of you buy your materials from mainly cable and consumer units. i have been shopping around just lately and have found diy stores are selling products cheaper than my local wholesalers. so was wondering where the rest of you buy from. considering we need to be...
  13. A

    Pricing Help

    Ive been asked to price a job need some help on what others would charge and recommend. 16db sockets 4 ring mains 3 clean earth rings. water heater supply extratcor fan supply ac unit supply 3 lighting circuits 1 em lighting circuit db change im just tryna quote on the labour materials are...
  14. O

    pricing new build

    ive been given some drawings for some new build apartments, its the first time ive done this kind of pricing because its labour only, should i be looking at it per item or should i be looking at it for the time it should take
  15. M

    pricing help

    Ive recently done a kitchen rewire n few other bobs n thing ive under priced what you think 1.)remove 10 downligters in kitchen cabinets fed from 2 switches removed out of wall wiring sorted. 2.)removed and replaced 1 light fitting.(chandeiller swapped to a 4 bar spot) rewired a light...
  16. R

    Drivers and driver materials

    What is a good terminal driver to have, or what is a good meterial/steel process to have them made out of. I am in the habit of buying cheap terminal screwdrivers because I am always losing the little'uns and didnt think buying decent was worth it, but I just reallised I have gone through 5 in...
  17. R

    socket box cutter. any good

    has anyone used this type of box cutter before? at 25 quid it seems worth a punt to me Socket Back Box Hole Cutter/Chaser (e-z05) - e-zBuy
  18. L

    manuals

    lads doing a quote for a client and on it it mentions supplying manuals is this just descriptions of sockets , switches and lights and lamps etc .etc???
  19. R

    Pricing help

    Have recently gone self employed,and started to pick up a bit of work. firstly, whats an average price most sole traders would charge by the hour for small jobs? secondly, i am quoting for wiring a self contained cottage type thing. upstairs has 1 bed 1 bathroom. downstairs has kitchen, living...
  20. J

    Materials

    Anybody else had this! you know those double appliance boxes, the ones that take a single socket and say a spur, well our customer bought all there own chrome sockets, switches, spurs etc them selfs, of a list we gave them, they must have thought it would be cheaper than us buying em, but alas...

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