just found on ebay

[thekingiam]

just found this on ebay, how can they make a profit? or is it just a way to get through the door? with prices like this i would be better off getting a job at tesco!
Full House Rewire Including Consumer Unit. | eBay

 

[Des 56]

Horses for courses mate. We've done contract rewires on and of for 30 years for various councils, housing associations etc. We nearly always complete a rewire in a day, (2/3 bed) to a high standard aswell. You just need a good system and a very high work ethic. You'll be supprised how good some of these 1 a day teams are. Good rewire teams will spank you on price every time and produce work of equal standard, if not better.

There is a lot of truth in this statement,like it or lump it

Contract council house (surface mainly) wiring is a totally different animal to us working alone or with a helper on a private residence
The rewire teams are usually very well organised both with organising the job and carrying it out quickly and to an accepted standard

I say accepted standard because,you can't have speed and complete quality,there is usually a little compromise
If the rewire teams were doing a private,they likely will not do that private as quick as the council contract,but the standard will be raised a little

 

[Guest55]

bang on the money with des's assessment.
theres very few on here who have to work to a deadline every day , as many on this site are self-employed , you'd be surprised what you can get done when really pushed.

 

[Snapester]

Kids or foreign folk who are happy with £5 a day tto feed themselves! Banging them out in one day is clever though takes me 1 day to get my routes planned and start wiring! Lol

 

[Submains]

On closer inspection, why on earth would one show a picture of a poorly dressed, 16th edition 12 way board with doubled up lighting circuits, an iffy looking terminal 4 neutral connection and debris left in the bottom of the enclosure.
It may look acceptable to other trades/plumbers and joe public but to me it just looks a mess.

They offer fully fitted and certified for £249 then, quote "The cost of the service does NOT include any costs for making your electrical wiring safe or any upgrades to or additional earth bonding."
How does that work? What's the point in having it done in the first place then.

I just feel sorry for the public, who, with all their disclaimers, will end up paying well over the top.
Sorry for the rant but it just annoys me.

 

[Snapester]

Maybe it's a way of saying no cert cash job....

 

[HMCCARTHY]

What happened to safe isolation? that board is powered up and the lid is off, tut tut tut.

 

[poppypiesdad]

What happened to safe isolation? that board is powered up and the lid is off, tut tut tut.

DUH!!!! cut seal ,pulled the main fuse .

JAmie

 

[HMCCARTHY]

so when you push the main fuse back in it goes snap crackle and pop?

 

[claret73]

Least that's one company I won't be asking for any sub contract from...

 

[BillyH]

That's a bold statement considering you don't know the standard of our work.

I did'nt mean the work will be better always.We've had plenty of really good sparks with every paper you could imagine to their name but, when they have to up the ante, bearing in mind this is price work wer'e talking about, you would think a first year apprentice had done it

 

[BillyH]

Kids or foreign folk who are happy with £5 a day tto feed themselves! Banging them out in one day is clever though takes me 1 day to get my routes planned and start wiring! Lol

Wages ain't so good these days (probably down to 50k) but i have personally made over 90k pa doing contract rewires and, you can switch your phone of at the week end

 

[SPARTYKUS]

BillyHas

I'm very pleased for you!!!!

 

[BillyH]

BillyHas

I'm very pleased for you!!!!

useful

 

[imago]

OK, so how does it go with teams doing contract rewires? I'm not taking the Mick, or saying it can't be done, just curious. How many in the team, who does what sort of thing.

 

[telectrix]

What happened to safe isolation? that board is powered up and the lid is off, tut tut tut.

so, what's the point of having an insulated busbar. to stop mice getting shocks?