Fuse board upgrade price.

[davesparks]

For a Surgeon saving lives definitely . For an Electrician, not really.

Really, an electrician should be earning more than that!

 

[Doomed]

If we quote more then £500 we don't get the work, my area is flooded with 1 man and his van 'electricians'

 

[Josh95]

Hi,

I took your advise and quoted £20,000 the customer has just accepted it.

Thanks

 

[telectrix]

Hi,

I took your advise and quoted £20,000 the customer has just accepted it.

Thanks

either you are a shark or the customer is a fool.. get a few more at that price and i'l do 'em for 10k. then you make 10k without getting out of bed.

 

[Nigel]

I would imagine if most tool electricians were guaranteed £200 everyday they would take it. That is £52k without any time off or not working weekends.

 

[telectrix]

I would imagine if most tool electricians were guaranteed £200 everyday they would take it. That is £52k without any time off or not working weekends.

that's OK for single blokes, butthem what is married or in a long term relashunpip. got 'er indoors wants holidays and something called "quality time".mine said she wanted a holiday somewhere new.i said how about a week in the kitchen.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

£300? Do you eat fresh air for breakfast, dinner and tea and live in a cardboard box??

Get real, you’ll spend that much on materials of yours fitting anything halfway decent!

Eh? Did you just tell a joke Dave? I'm used to your posts being succinct, direct, functional, firm when required, knowledgeable, professional and almost always completely accurate.... but funny!!! You've disillusioned me now and I just can't take you seriously any longer .

 

[Billsays]

£300 - £500 for a dual RCD unit depending on the size of the board and the installation conditions. More if RCBOs are being installed instead.

This is fair. More than £500 for a straight CCU change is ripping people off.

 

[Nigel]

This is fair. More than £500 for a straight CCU change is ripping people off.

I was dead serious when I said £1025.

A team of two for one day - £700
CU/RCBOs/tails - £325

 

[Billsays]

I was dead serious when I said £1025.

A team of two for one day - £700
CU/RCBOs/tails - £325

You are paying too much for your materials and since when has changing a ccu been a two man job? What does the 2nd bloke do?

Edit; Also a full day??

 

[ashrow]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

 

[Octopus]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

Hum ............... not sure I agree with that ...............

There are installations that would taken much longer ...

 

[Andy78]

2 men to change a domestic DB is a rip off

I've done quite a few that have required a second pair of hands on the job. It's not the usual for me I must say though.

 

[Billsays]

I've done quite a few that have required a second pair of hands on the job. It's not the usual for me I must say though.

OP did say it was just a domestic, i would struggle to justify a 2nd man.

 

[Andy78]

OP did say it was just a domestic, i would struggle to justify a 2nd man.

Yes I was on about domestic too. I've obviously done some right awkward ones.

 

[Nigel]

You are paying too much for your materials and since when has changing a ccu been a two man job? What does the 2nd bloke do?

Edit; Also a full day??

I am being a bit disingenuous.

Firstly - I don't do domestic.

Secondly - I would only install premium manufacturers.

Lastly - I do not send anyone out alone for safety reasons and all quoted works are quoted as at least one days work.

I know this is silly to most hence I said I was being disingenuous.

 

[Billsays]

I am being a bit disingenuous.

Firstly - I don't do domestic.

Secondly - I would only install premium manufacturers.

Lastly - I do not send anyone out alone for safety reasons and all quoted works are quoted as at least one days work.

I know this is silly to most hence I said I was being disingenuous.

Fair enough, I would expect to change a ccu in around 2 hours, maybe 3 if it was a Mantel unit as them Amd 3 Skeletons are awkward. We use Wylex or Crabtree.

 

[Dave OCD]

That's some going, surely you don't mean with full and proper testing in that timescale ?!

 

[Billsays]

That's some going, surely you don't mean with full and proper testing in that timescale ?!

As a result of doing K&Bs for about 18 years i've changed literally hundreds of CCUs so im pretty quick at them but no i was talking about just changing a CCU, but as i would have carried out a full EICR before doing the change a retest after is not going to take long is it?

 

[Dave OCD]

Sorry Bill, K&Bs ?? It's been a long day ! Yeah just doing a board change without any testing I'd say around 3 hours - that's doing it nice and neat mind. But my usual way is to do all the circuit tests while disconnected after removal of the old board, and IMO to do all the testing and board properly is a full - and sometimes a long days work.