Fair price for big EICR

[bilbo_88]

Have a commercial customer who needs a scheduled EICR. Limitations have been agreed at 30% of circuits to be tested but even so I am looking at testing well over 100 circuits. What would you agree is a fair price per circuit considering there is so much to do but at the same time we obviously are testing a lot. The job is in London and I was thinking about £15.00 per circuit or does this seem expensive?? THANKS! Bilbo

 

[telectrix]

sounds about right to me, if you're doing a genuine eicr and testing each circuit as you should.

 

[Pete999]

Tel says it all with aplomb as usual

 

[Octopus]

With over 100 circuits to test, are they giving you detail of the circuits? previous reports?

If not £15.00 isn't enough by a long way

 

[ipf]

With over 100 circuits to test, are they giving you detail of the circuits? previous reports?

If not £15.00 isn't enough by a long way

True....and, if not labelled up well, it could take as long tracing and counting.

 

[TJ Anderson]

With over 100 circuits to test, are they giving you detail of the circuits? previous reports?

If not £15.00 isn't enough by a long way

If they are getting other quotes you may be surprised. £8 - £10 per circuit is common now. EICR is the new PAT (Not for me I may add)

 

[ipf]

If they are getting other quotes you may be surprised. £8 - £10 per circuit is common now. EICR is the new PAT (Not for me I may add)

The shysters have been in it for years....some of the big firms have more lim's than Mercedes and Jaguar put together.

 

[Andy78]

With over 100 circuits to test, are they giving you detail of the circuits? previous reports?

If not £15.00 isn't enough by a long way

This would be one of the major factors for me too. I would go with that circuit price if everything is in place record and identification wise.

We once did a working men's club EICR. About 80 circuits over 6 boards, nothing ID'd, no testing for probably 40 years, alterations to the system over the last 20 years carried out by patrons who "know about electrics".
They wanted a price..... not on your nelly ! We gave them a day rate and a rough time estimate with no guarantees. It was probably a day and a half in before we actually started testing....

 

[Octopus]

I've just been approached to do an EICR, 23 circuits in a very small office suite. Lord knows what they all do!

I'm tempted to offer to go in on a Saturday and start pulling fuses just to see what they do!

As for pricing - when I suggested £25 per ciruit my mate was surprised! I think a couple of hours investigation should identify the circuits as it must be a large number of single socket radials!

 

[OhmElectrical]

I'd say depends on what you are doing and how far you need to go.
Are you testing sub main feeds or just TP circuits off a local DB.
Factor in time for bugerstion with stuff that can only be isolated at specific times and it stuff that needs heigh level access etc.

 

[1Justin]

If it's commercial maybe there has been less "diy" messing about and with clean circuits you could do it. On domestic I wouldn't at that price unless you are into the "driveby" EICR which I have had recent experience of picking up the pieces. ( from Checkatrade member!)

 

[mossep]

If your pricing against other companies then you may find £15 per circuit is too high. As someone else pointed out, £8 - £10 per circuit has been heard of. Are you testing 30% of circuits AND 30% of accessories per circuit? If so then at £15 per circuit you should be able to do 3 per hr so thats £45 per hr.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Charge £200 day rate

 

[richy3333]

I'd say£200 commercial is too low myself.

If if you really want the job go in low but make your estimate full of caveats. So when. You turn up and stuff isn't as they said you have plenty of wriggle room. Then because you are on site they'll have no option but to use you and you can renegotiate the price back up to where it should be.

If insurers are asking for this ask to see the letter so you are pricing for what they have demanded.

Good luck

 

[Andy78]

I'd say£200 commercial is too low myself.

If if you really want the job go in low but make your estimate full of caveats. So when. You turn up and stuff isn't as they said you have plenty of wriggle room. Then because you are on site they'll have no option but to use you and you can renegotiate the price back up to where it should be.

If insurers are asking for this ask to see the letter so you are pricing for what they have demanded.

Good luck

This strategy needs to be presented properly to the customer though. There can be a fine line between covering your costs due to unforeseen circumstances, and going in at a loss to win the job with the intention of piling on the extras to make it up at the customer's expense.
If you are not completely upfront with what is included and what is not, you can risk looking like a chancer when your final bill comes in.