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A medium sized electrical company near me is advertising a fuse box swap and testing for 150 its not surprising people constantly try and press you to try and get the job done cheaper when people are advertising that.
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How much was the Crabtree in the picture?£100 for a DB !
You need to start shopping somewhere else, i get a Wylex 10 way dual split with MCBs for £45
£150 is the bare minimum price like i stated, all the bonding is up to scratch, tails ok etc...
£100 for a DB !
You need to start shopping somewhere else, i get a Wylex 10 way dual split with MCBs for £45
£150 is the bare minimum price like i stated, all the bonding is up to scratch, tails ok etc...
Nice and neat, that's what I like to see!I charge at £12 per hour for tracing unmarked circuits and faults
Arrive at job 8am, done and cleaned up by 9am, testing till 12pm, onto the next job, simples
I have a image in my head of everyone being the typical tradesman, tea drinking and paper reading, come on lets be honest how long does it take to change a DB and test the install?
Am i the only one who has the "Graft" idea?
And after all the age old saying go's "Stack em high, sell em cheap", the referrals i get from customers who were pleased with the work i carried out and the price is excellent, TBF i dont have a lot of overheads and im not greedy just pleased that i actually have some work
EDIT: and for anyone thinking " i bet the DB's are a mess "
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And being a 16th ED board ?The wireing in the photo looks recent what was the reason for this board change? And yes very neat job !
and lots and lots of practice day in day outPhoto 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
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 tightI 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!
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
a call the other day.
'can you tell me ball park figure, supply fit and plumb a shower?'
Like most, explained difficulties of over the phone prices, I said you're looking at £300/400...
The reply...
My mate said he'd do it for 100£.
My response? ......Answers on postcard..
Oh, and these guys who advertise 'full rewires, no decoration necessary £1200. Come do them for me, I'll gladly pay you for your time.
£100 for a DB !
You need to start shopping somewhere else, i get a Wylex 10 way dual split with MCBs for £45
£150 is the bare minimum price like i stated, all the bonding is up to scratch, tails ok etc...
Forgot to add the db install was fresh cables on a rewire, to be quite honest i dont really care if jamie-spark doesnt beleve it, ive seen it done with my own eyes, dont beat yourself up jamie if your not very quick or good
But then again, I replaced a 12 way dual RCD board yesterday in 3 minutes 45 seconds and charged the customer 20p...NOT!
total time taken ...... around 8 hours.
CU cost ...... £60-£100
day's labour..... £200
total........... £260 - £300
and that's without any rectification work whatsoever
8hours to change a db and test/inspect!!!!
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