Fuse board upgrade price.

[Josh95]

Hi,

What would you roughly charge for a fuse board upgrade on a 4 bed house?

Thanks

 

[ashrow]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

 

[Octopus]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

Hum ............... not sure I agree with that ...............

There are installations that would taken much longer ...

 

[Andy78]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

I've done quite a few that have required a second pair of hands on the job. It's not the usual for me I must say though.

 

[Billsays]

I've done quite a few that have required a second pair of hands on the job. It's not the usual for me I must say though.

OP did say it was just a domestic, i would struggle to justify a 2nd man.

 

[Andy78]

OP did say it was just a domestic, i would struggle to justify a 2nd man.

Yes I was on about domestic too. I've obviously done some right awkward ones.

 

[Nigel]

You are paying too much for your materials and since when has changing a ccu been a two man job? What does the 2nd bloke do?

Edit; Also a full day??

I am being a bit disingenuous.

Firstly - I don't do domestic.

Secondly - I would only install premium manufacturers.

Lastly - I do not send anyone out alone for safety reasons and all quoted works are quoted as at least one days work.

I know this is silly to most hence I said I was being disingenuous.

 

[Billsays]

I am being a bit disingenuous.

Firstly - I don't do domestic.

Secondly - I would only install premium manufacturers.

Lastly - I do not send anyone out alone for safety reasons and all quoted works are quoted as at least one days work.

I know this is silly to most hence I said I was being disingenuous.

Fair enough, I would expect to change a ccu in around 2 hours, maybe 3 if it was a Mantel unit as them Amd 3 Skeletons are awkward. We use Wylex or Crabtree.

 

[Dave OCD]

That's some going, surely you don't mean with full and proper testing in that timescale ?!

 

[Billsays]

That's some going, surely you don't mean with full and proper testing in that timescale ?!

As a result of doing K&Bs for about 18 years i've changed literally hundreds of CCUs so im pretty quick at them but no i was talking about just changing a CCU, but as i would have carried out a full EICR before doing the change a retest after is not going to take long is it?

 

[Dave OCD]

Sorry Bill, K&Bs ?? It's been a long day ! Yeah just doing a board change without any testing I'd say around 3 hours - that's doing it nice and neat mind. But my usual way is to do all the circuit tests while disconnected after removal of the old board, and IMO to do all the testing and board properly is a full - and sometimes a long days work.

 

[Dave OCD]

Kitchens and Bathrooms ?! Yes now you mention it I've seen a few boards done by these 'specialists'.....

 

[MDJ]

£300,00 LOL, fair play that tickled me, bloody hilarious.

 

[JK-Electrical]

£300? Do you eat fresh air for breakfast, dinner and tea and live in a cardboard box??

For breakfast I have a bowl of cornflakes and two slices of toast except for Saturdays when I usually have two crispy bacon rolls with large dollops of Heinz tomato sauce. Dinner during the week is usually pre-packed sandwiches or something out the chippy. My meals when I get in from work are varied. But I have steak with all the trimmings and a king prawn stir-fry once a week. On Friday nights, I always order a curry from my local Indian take-away. I usually have my Sunday roast at the local carvery.

I live in a nice two-bedroom semi with well-kept front and back gardens. The house has a driveway for my van and my car. Not bad for a "tramp", eh?

I trust that your curiosity regarding my diet and living accommodation is now satisfied and that you'll won't ask me any more inane questions.

Get real, you’ll spend that much on materials of yours fitting anything halfway decent!

I think it's you who needs a reality check. If you're paying £300-£500 for the materials needed for a consumer unit upgrade, then either you are being taken for a mug, or have money to burn. Do you light your cigars with £20 or £50 notes?

Your statement makes no sense at all. The clear implication is that if I charge between £300-£500 for a consumer unit upgrade I will make nothing on my labour because the amount I am charging will be consumed entirely by the cost of the materials. Oh really? Is that so? I think not.

One need not look too far to find a fully-loaded 10-way dual RCD Hager consumer unit for less than £90.00. A metre of 25mm tails and a metre of 16mm 6491X will cost me just under £5.50 maximum. A consumer unit tails kit I can get for just over £2.00. A pair of single-pole service connector blocks, if I need them, cost just under £5.30. For an outlay of barely over £100, I have all the main materials that I need to do the job. Ergo I make £200.00 from the job, £220.00 if I install a 10-way Schneider Easy 9 dual RCD board instead of a Hager. Maybe you'll now try to argue that Hager and Schneider aren't "halfway decent" brands? Knock yourself out.

 

[JK-Electrical]

£200 for a days work? He’s supposed to be an electrician not a bin-man/tramp!!

In your previous post you incorrectly asserted that I would "spend that much on materials of yours fitting anything halfway decent". This is the post of mine of that you were referring to:

£300 would be typical if I've done a recent EICR and there are no other issues other than a lack of RCD protection. £500 would be typical if I have to do an EICR prior a board upgrade. Obviously the price would be higher still if issues were discovered during the EICR and taken into account as additional work, or if RCBOs were being installed.

I can only assume that you didn't parse my post correctly, in which case I suggest that in future you spend more time reading and thinking before jumping to incorrect conclusions and making disparaging remarks. I do a lot of EICRs and the former scenario is often the case. Most of the consumer unit upgrades that I do are remedial works arising from EICRs that I have carried-out. As the testing has already been done, I am therefore aware if any faults exist. If so, they are remedied prior to the changeover and charged for separately. If there are no issues, the old board is removed, the replacement installed, leaving me just the post-installation testing to do.

You are very badly mistaken indeed if you think that it takes me a full day to remove a board, install a replacement and carry-out post-installation testing. While it would certainly take me a full day to do an EICR and a board changeover, my price would then be around £500. Ergo I would earn £400 for the day.

If I quote £300 for a board changeover that is going to take place * AFTER * I've carried-out an EICR for which I've charged separately, and have determined that there are no issues other than a lack of essential RCD protection, that leaves £200 for my labour. Despite having implied in your previous post that I wouldn't be able to make any money for myself if I charge between £300-£500, you are now contradicting yourself by claiming that I am working for £200 a day. For your information, I do not work for £200 a day. Understood?

 

[JK-Electrical]

Exactly, £200 for a day is a mickey-taking exercise.

The only person taking the ---- here is you. You have made an non-factual statement based on your interpretation of what you think I said rather than what I actually said. Nowhere in this thread did I say that I work for £200 a day. The first person who said that was you. Kindly desist from making any further statements about me that have no basis in fact.