Pricing Kitchen rewire and consumer unit upgrade with bonding and Cert

[Redkipper]

While I would nor ally agree.. It's a price for a friend.. I give mates 'mates rates' but nothing wrong with genuinely giving mates rates. Besides I'm guessing it's one of his first few jobs solo? Make sure your charging what roughly what these guys say for normal custom.

This is my point as it's a close friend however I don't want to dig myself a hole if faults are found etc for peanuts

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[simpson93]

1-1.3k ish for the works described depending on where it is you live not including materials.

Offer your friend the option of reimbursement for materials rather then bundling it into your quote, you won’t loose out and you can offer your friend rcbos rather then spilt way etc.

Also worth noting as your upgrading the dB any faults will need to be fixed, either test beforehand or tell your friend to be prepared for additional works.

 

[bigspark17]

1k + vat

 

[Baddegg]

Vat? Never heard of that....

 

[buzzlightyear]

I can't sign this off myself however I know someone who will test it after me and notify building control and issue cert (completed my apprenticeship with them)
I'll also test everything myself before asking them to come in and do this.

is your tester friend a nic by any chance .and you are puting in a consumer unit and the work .
Cause no third party testing for them .i hope they have got get out jail card then and liability to cover your work then

 

[Octopus]

Out of interest if you are out of your apprenticeship ........... why aren't you a member of a CPS ?

Do you have PL ins?

 

[The Ghost]

I am going to put aside my suspicions on the name of Red Kipper sounds like a variant of Red Herring. Your price for testing is way out. First if you are going to change a C.U. then you would ideally do an EICR I charge £25 per circuit so that would be around £150 (at six circuits?) Seems to me that an eight way C.U. is a bit tight might have gone for a ten way for future needs. Then there may be remedial work such as the bonding you mentioned and maybe other on top say £200?? After you have completed the work and during the design and erection I would have to inspect what was going on and test as you go with a set of dead tests before commissioning the C.U. say another £100?? so straight away you are looking at £450. The materials around £200. Then the labour for the work £1100 so that's £1600 ish. Only STROMA allow third party sign offs so hopefully your mate is with STROMA. I am surprised if you have done your apprenticeship that you are not already able to sign off your own work with testing and commissioning experience hence I was thinking about your name RedKipper being some variant on a Red Herring If you can sign off your work then use it to register with a scheme. You have thirty days to test and issue a cert so plenty of time to arrange an assessment for the work.

 

[dave274]

Napit also do third party sign off but obviously it needs inspecting at first fix rather than when its all finished

 

[buzzlightyear]

Is to all sparks doing third party testing will your insurance cover if a place goes up in flames or t&ts up

 

[Wilko]

Hi - I see it's your first post, so welcome. But if you are doing it for a mate, don't you work it out between you? If you are doing it for business then after 3 years of working with an Electrician you should have plenty of experience with pricing?