Fuse box installed for £150 what!!!

[tony mc]

The wireing in the photo looks recent what was the reason for this board change? And yes very neat job !

 

[needasparks]

The wireing in the photo looks recent what was the reason for this board change? And yes very neat job !

And being a 16th ED board ?

 

[londonlec]

I also charge a day plus materials. £150 per cu, no wonder no sparks have got any work.

 

[Kiers1970]

do you reckon a gas fitter would spend a day changing a boiler for a measly £100? I think not. Round here their prices are similar, no wonder they all have nice vans and shiny new snickers... We do ourselves a dis-service charging so little, market forces I know but drives me mad.

 

[robsparky1975]

45 mins for a cu change,wow,my best is 1hr 15 mins,but then again it takes as long as it takes,i want it to look the business,i have seen some cu changes,take the cover off and its like a birds nest(not saying you are like this)but you can tell the good from the bad cant you,i believe that a job should not be rushed and priced for your time/skill/expertise, i think you can get more ££ and still get as many referals.

 

[vernam616]

Photo is a old one, and in all honesty it was from a new build install i had done, still however completed in the same time, and was just an example to show i dont leave a DB in a shoddy mess/rats nest

A friend of mine used to fit 3 d/bs a day (no testing someone else follows), he had them down to 21 minutes and the neatest DBs ive ever seen, all down to experience and confidence

 

[topquark]

Photo is a old one, and in all honesty it was from a new build install i had done, still however completed in the same time, and was just an example to show i dont leave a DB in a shoddy mess/rats nest

A friend of mine used to fit 3 d/bs a day (no testing someone else follows), he had them down to 21 minutes and the neatest DBs ive ever seen, all down to experience and confidence

and lots and lots of practice day in day out

 

[Dan23584]

I used to work with a guy that could do them in about 20mins.............he got caught using an impact driver to do the terminal screws up!!!! Just imagine trying to under those bad boys on a test!

 

[mogga]

I used to work with a guy that could do them in about 20mins.............he got caught using an impact driver to do the terminal screws up!!!! Just imagine trying to under those bad boys on a test!

I was doing testing for a firm doing newbuilds guy used impacts to do up everything Unsatisfactory EVERY TIME conductors damaged all over the place Socket screws all tristed n threads gubbed but worst of all he used impacts to do up sockets I think it was MEN ones where the shoulder of the driver bit hit the collar around the terminals before the terminals were truely tight

 

[Dan23584]

It worries me that anyone would think that is was a good idea........

 

[Gravid]

£150 for a cu change belongs in the joke thread along with £12 an hour.
Here's an interesting thread to read.
http://www.electriciansforums.net/business-related/8855-horly-rate.html

 

[Dan23584]

I have a friend who is a painter ad decorator, he charges £12 an hour.

 

[telectrix]

£12/ hour is about right if you are paye and your employer pays all the overheads, supplies you with tools and a van.

 

[Guest112]

Photo is a old one, and in all honesty it was from a new build install i had done, still however completed in the same time, and was just an example to show i dont leave a DB in a shoddy mess/rats nest

A friend of mine used to fit 3 d/bs a day (no testing someone else follows), he had them down to 21 minutes and the neatest DBs ive ever seen, all down to experience and confidence

21 minutes from a bunch of coiled up T+Es to a spanking new fully completed db id have to see it to believe it what were they 4 way boards or something?

 

[mogga]

£12 P/H self employed doesnt work out at a wage of much over £8 p/h/ No wonder your busy ffs A friend of mune does cash homers for £20 P/H agencys offer £12.5 P/H min MOST of the time before someone quotes keech ones paying £9-£9