How Many Circuits Does The Average House Have?

[Zags]

Thanks Andy, I totally agree I did accept the price at the start - the price was £150 the for the first 8 circuits and I stated I thought that would cover the house as it's so small. The electrician has come back and stated that there are ' a very large amount of circuits' for the size of the house, therefore they must have thought the bill would be larger than I expected - at no point was this relayed to me until I got the bill.

 

[Dan]

I think you're perhaps going to have to take this one on the chin and pay it. Then if you want to, get a few quotes in for the remedial work and make sure you're getting a good price for that.

 

[telectrix]

negotiation is the way forward here. ask the spark who did the EICR if he'll give you some discount if you give him the remedials. if it were me in that situation, i'd probably knock off £70 - £90.

 

[Zags]

that's a good idea! Thank you!

 

[rfears]

I read somewhere that oil central heating was the least economical kind of heating but not sure where. The lads should be able to answer that though.

Like everything that depends. I'm on oil, which until recently was dirt cheap. Its also the only alternative without large upfront costs for new boilers etc. Gas isn't available, electric for space heating is not viable. Biomass would be feasible but £20K sort of puts me off - luckily I have storage space for the fuel but many people wouldn't

 

[richy3333]

I'm not sure why people are getting worked up about to cost, it's an open market. I too charge by the circuit and I'd have been a little more in this instance. There might also be travel costs depending upon location. To be fair I do always tell the customer before work commences but the costs are also clearly listed in my T&Cs. It's not rocket science to count the OCPDs and multiply that by the circuit rate to achieve a figure.

 

[Gnasher]

I understand that this is a few weeks old however.

Would be interesting to know the age of this installation and a photograph of the DBs as it looks like an older installation with multiple radials. Very difficult to comment without a reasonable amount of detail.

Problem is that the coustomer is looking for support for their surprise in the final cost, possibly to support a complaint.

It may well be that the installation is old and rambling, and that the sparky done a good job and should have charged more.

That's why it is worth asking how many DBs, fuses, breakers they have prior to quoting. I understand that everyone may not be able to answer this so a quick visit may be required.

When replying to members of public with these sort of questions I think that some caution should be exercised in the replies as it could potentially damage the electricians reputation.

 

[Gnasher]

I understand that this is a few weeks old however.

Would be interesting to know the age of this installation and a photograph of the DBs as it looks like an older installation with multiple radials. Very difficult to comment without a reasonable amount of detail.

Problem is that the customer is looking for support for their surprise in the final cost, possibly to support a complaint.

It may well be that the installation is old and rambling, and that the sparky done a good job and should have charged more.

That's why it is worth asking how many DBs, fuses, breakers they have prior to quoting. I understand that everyone may not be able to answer this so a quick visit may be required.

When replying to members of public with these sort of questions I think that some caution should be exercised in the replies as it could potentially damage the electricians reputation.

No dig intended to anyone who posted a reply, just my thoughts.