Are you all ready for Christmas?

[MFS Electrical]

Can't be Xmas yet I've not had call to install an outside socket for lights yet!!!

I have, multiple in fact

 

[Lou]

I love the Coca Cola advert

 

[Andy78]

Can't be Xmas yet I've not had call to install an outside socket for lights yet!!!

A local firm popped up on my facebook feed advertising outside sockets for your xmas lights. £40 supplied and fitted

 

[MFS Electrical]

A local firm popped up on my facebook feed advertising outside sockets for your xmas lights. £40 supplied and fitted

You think that’s bad there’s a guy on my patch doing it for £20 supplied and fitted. After all it’s only 3 wires.
Wonder if he tests?

I must say though I ain’t slating him I’m simply commenting on how on earth it’s possible. I can’t slate him because I’ve never seen his work....

 

[Andy78]

You think that’s bad there’s a guy on my patch doing it for £20 supplied and fitted. After all it’s only 3 wires.
Wonder if he tests?

I must say though I ain’t slating him I’m simply commenting on how on earth it’s possible. I can’t slate him because I’ve never seen his work....

No idea. The outdoor sockets I fit cost near £20.
The cheapest you can get are a tenner, but who turns up and works for another tenner ?

The local firm doing them for £40 are a proper company with sign written vans, offices, apprentices etc. How they can afford to turn up for that astounds me.

 

[MFS Electrical]

The BG ones are a tenner in screwfix, I got some very nice ones in CEF for around £8.00 a while back though, pretty sure they were CLICK. Have you seen the price screwfix want for MK masterseal? At that price I’d want it fitted. On my behalf of course.
Edit; Just had another look. Apparently it costs £8 to have two switches on your double socket as there is £8 of a difference between switched and unswitched

 

[pirate]

Far too early! Christmas gets too much coverage!
I've done my shopping though (smug!)
Only bought my own present, but hey...why not?

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

A local firm popped up on my facebook feed advertising outside sockets for your xmas lights. £40 supplied and fitted

I fitted a socket, well box with glorified extension inside for £80 a fortnight back ready for the lights. Already a fcu in place old heater. Straight through wall, test and seal. Less than an hours work.

 

[Squid]

It’s ‘Christmas’ not ‘Xmas’. Humbug, humbug. It starts on the 25th of December, not before, for a period of 12 days and that’s it. Humbug, humbug. I hate it as people feel the need to spend ridiculous amounts of money and demand things they want rather than appreciate a gift that someone has thoughtfully chosen for them. Humbug, humbug

24th mate.......

 

[Andy78]

It’s ‘Christmas’ not ‘Xmas’.

They are pronounced the same, just one is a written abbreviation.