How much do you reckon?

[eric the spark]

Fuse board change, 10 circuits, new shower feed and bonding for both gas an water. Bonding is probably about 20metres, shower feed about 25 metres away. How much would you say roguhly? £600?

 

[trev]

sparks (and i mean ones who do the job well, and responsibly) are few and far between, in my experience

I disagree mate, most do the job to a very high standard but yes, there are the bad apples that get the whole barrel a bad name

 

[i=p/u]

im all for high high prices as you reckon. i want to work and do a good job and get payed an average of 15ph to cover my costs and just to get nearly 300 a week home and some money put a side for other expenses.

as i see it when i install a new ciruit , that ciruit is lasting as long as circuits in my mothers house and havent been checked in 30 years. i sell myself on this point.

 

[Dave 85]

700 notes for a board change is crazy money but if thats what you can get then fair play to you. Its certainly not value for money though. I'd charge £350 for board and testing, which seems to be the going rate and it'd take me about 4-5 hours normally, which means I earn over £50 an hour, which is fine by me.

 

[maffa ent]

ok, maybe i was generalising a lot, but the subject of this post got me back up a bit!

i have refused (up to now!) to compromise my standards to buy work, and it's usually the testing that makes the difference with a unit change. done properly, i think it's an hour a circuit, including visual and cert?

i'd love to fit 2 units a day, like i used to, and make £400 for it, but requirements have changed now, and we shouldn't be giving it away?

 

[maffa ent]

i often tell customers that they would be able to get it cheaper, but that the job we do for them would be done as well as it can be, and that takes time, which needs paying for. don't win every one, and wouldn't want to, but customers ( and us!) ALWAYS happy!

 

[i=p/u]

i had a good day today, turn round and said to builder i want day rate for this kind of work and he said no probs trev , keep your hours. whos the boss now!!

 

[maffa ent]

if £15 per hour suits you mate, then good on ya!

i don't know anyone (worth employing), who would work for less. but they also want continuity of work, holidays, no hassle, poss vehicle, and they can walk and drop you in it at any time!

i have an idea, that's probably been suggested before? lets all charge £30 per hour minimum, and get what we're worth for the responsibility we take with this lectrickery!

 

[maffa ent]

700 notes for a board change is crazy money but if thats what you can get then fair play to you. Its certainly not value for money though. I'd charge £350 for board and testing, which seems to be the going rate and it'd take me about 4-5 hours normally, which means I earn over £50 an hour, which is fine by me.

i don't see how you can possibly fit a new unit and all inspection test and cert in that time? but if you can, fair play

 

[trev]

i had a good day today, turn round and said to builder i want day rate for this kind of work and he said no probs trev , keep your hours. whos the boss now!!

Not sure I understand that one mate, maybe it's the beer

 

[i=p/u]

every installation is different is shape , form and size. i.e which breaker controls what. i was working alongside a hotel owner today and he was a electrical contractor with 47 men working to him one time. his hotel gets inspected regular (every year by big firm) and he asked them to label up everything last time and they didnt do it. and this hotel needs it as there is maybe 20 different boards scattereed around. so good job for good money.

 

[Dave 85]

Aye £25-£30 an hour min is reasonable, any less is a waste of time unless you're desperate.
An hour a circuit on testing? Christ I'd do all 10 in less than that. I dont treat it like an EICR though, just a quick IR, ring cont, and earth and I'm outta there. If the installation didn't burn their house down on a rewireable board, I cant see its gonna on an RCD one. If I asked for £700 I'd be worried that on seeing another quote for half the amount, they'd think me an absolute c**t.

 

[trev]

every installation is different is shape , form and size. i.e which breaker controls what. i was working alongside a hotel owner today and he was a electrical contractor with 47 men working to him one time. his hotel gets inspected regular (every year by big firm) and he asked them to label up everything last time and they didnt do it. and this hotel needs it as there is maybe 20 different boards scattereed around. so good job for good money.

Nice one mate, money for old rope.. you got to love jobs like that

 

[i=p/u]

well as you know trev im only breaking into the electrical trade and starting do work on my own. i was asked yesterday at 4pm to go to hotel and move cables as concrete bison slab was getting cut out above void where cables were sitting at 10am today. i said no probs il be there at before 8am. but when i got there no one knew what cable was for what and nothing easy to trace. so was thinking to myself well no way hes handing me £50-£60 quid. i turned round and said you are going to have to hold off till i find out what these cables do and if they can be cut and jointed and will be on day rate. and it felt good. cause this was what needed to be said. and i said it and brought another guy in to help me as 2 heads are better than 1. trev.

Not sure I understand that one mate, maybe it's the beer

 

[i=p/u]

i told him trev. gives me confidence now instead of working live and cutting corners in proper procedures to just suit him.

 

[robsparky1975]

My quality never differs,i install test and cert to the regs every time,but installs differ immensley,my worst one was a 3 board into 1 new unit,about 12 hours as nothing was labelled up,i hate those can of worms jobs but someones gotta do them,better its me as ill sort it out compared to some of the clowns around these parts masquerading as sparks.