Help pricing 3 bed rewire please

[mr_deep_]

Hi All - Hope you all had a good Christmas!

I have just recently started my own business and struggle to price work as never had anything to do with that side of things in the past.

Job is to Rewire a 3 bed Detached house

Attic - New radial circuit with 2 sockets. 2 lighting points with 1 two way switch (to first floor landing) - (Attic fully boarded)

1st floor -
3 bedrooms each with 3 new chased twin sockets. Each with 1 lighting point and 1 switch. Main bedroom to have wardrobe lighting point with single switch (chased). 2 bedrooms to have Switched fused spur + install ring camera back entry to external wall.

Bathroom - 1 lighting point 1 switch, 1x 12v outlet (from lighting circuit) 1 extract via 3 pole isolator

Hallway - 1 new wall light with 1 way switch. Landing light with 2 way switch to ground floor. 1 twin socket (chased).

Mid staircase- New twin socket


Ground floor

Hallway - 1 twin socket chased. 4 spot lights. 2 way switching (hallway and living room).

Downstairs bathroom - 1 lighting point (1 switch). 1 extract via 3 pole isolator. 1x 12v shaver socket via lighting circuit.
Shower circuit via DP isolator.

Store room - 2 twin sockets (in stud wall). Lighting point (1 switch)

Living room - 7 twin sockets (chased). 2 lighting points (2 separate switches). Switched fused spur.

Garage - 3 sockets, 2 lights and 3 switch drops (intermediate switching) (sockets and switches in 20mm pvc conduit approx 12m to instal).
New fuse board + Test and certification. (Gas and water 10mm earth bonding already present).
No works in kitchen as is an extension and cable readings were satisfactory.

House completely empty - 1 man and 1 labourer to complete works

Any input feedback would be greatly appreciated ??

I do a drawing if that help

 

[Dustydazzler]

i don’t miss doing occupancy rewires , but we did have laugh back then

 

[7029 dave]

i don’t miss doing occupancy rewires , but we did have laugh back then

When I was an apprentice, we rewired about 300 3bed council houses, got a bloody good handle on house bashing, it was a great laugh fond memories.

 

[Dustydazzler]

When I was an apprentice, we rewired about 300 3bed council houses, got a bloody good handle on house bashing, it was a great laugh fond memories.

bet you pulled the cables in the cavity walls ...

 

[7029 dave]

bet you pulled the cables in the cavity walls ...

Nope it was all mini turk for switch drops, and all surface pattresses for sockets and switches on this particular job. Gang of 3 we were knocking them out in a day, no testing back then. (just being honest)lol

Yep some jobs we pulled through cavity wall, done it loads on my own jobs, before the cavity boys filled them up.

 

[Mike Johnson]

No Clark Of Works would allow cables in cavities, it could compromise the drip on the cavity ties, bad practice even back in the 60's.

 

[7029 dave]

No Clark Of Works would allow cables in cavities, it could compromise the drip on the cavity ties, bad practice even back in the 60's.

Interesting, have rewired many property's of that era with rubber cables in cavity walls on big housing estates, so was it deemed bad practice back then, IMO not.

Well some clark of works must of allowed it otherwise you would not have a cable in a cavity in the first place.

 

[DPG]

Not good practice to run cables in cavities. Not saying it wasn't done though.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Interesting, have rewired many property's of that era with rubber cables in cavity walls on big housing estates, so was it deemed bad practice back then, IMO not.

Well some clark of works must of allowed it otherwise you would not have a cable in a cavity in the first place.

The now defunct Clark of Works could not be in all place's at the same time, cowboy electricians will do whatever they can to make their life easier including running cables where they should not be.

 

[7029 dave]

The now defunct Clark of Works could not be in all place's at the same time, cowboy electricians will do whatever they can to make their life easier including running cables where they should not be.

Gave you a like, because that was a well recovered reply.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I did not think I had anything to recover from.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I did not think I had anything to recover from.

only Xmas day lol.

 

[pc1966]

Ha ha, reminds me we were doing a big rewire in Hertfordshire moving furniture to get carpets up etc lol the top draw fell open onto the floor, all rude things were in it, she was very posh too.

Sounds very interesting

 

[pc1966]

If you work out what is needed for a normal working wage on your time you need to be charging around 50% (or more) extera to cover all of the overheads mentioned before.

Sadly many folk see the price and think "way too high!", but happily pay more than double that per hour for their car service, and never think of how much income their own employer has to to have in order to cover their salary.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Sounds very interesting

Dirty minds come to mind, go on spill the beans. Lol.

 

[buzzlightyear]

If you work out what is needed for a normal working wage on your time you need to be charging around 50% (or more) extera to cover all of the overheads mentioned before.

Some customers think you pulling the wool over the heads with a sheep on top off it, soon when they go to the local garage and they pull their pants down, not the customer but them self, and showing
Thier back sides..,and laughing all the way to the bank.