Cost to replace consumer unit

[Blue Oval84]

I have the current consumer unit from 2002 shown here and need to add a couple of sockets to the cupboard it's in for my upcoming fibre broadband install. Unfortunately the sparky identified that there's no RCD on this board and advises that they are not manufactured anymore.

Because I'm in a high rise any new board needs to have AFDD as well as RCD on all socket circuits, so once he confirmed the building height he revised his guesstimate (he hasn't seen it in person yet) price from £750 up to £1210 for a full new consumer unit.

Is this about the right price for a work of this type?

ETA- forum image sharing isn't working for some reason but I've stuck a picture on Imgur...

https://imgur.com/a/V8wgrDe

Edited by Blue Oval84 on Thursday 1st May 00:07

[Belle427]

Sounds about right really, just make sure you get all the certs when done.

[Mr Pointy]

I paid £700 for a new CU in a normal terrace house a few years ago so I would have said £750 was a pretty good price but £1250 does feel a little adventurous even though you need a few extra parts. The best thing to do is to get a few quotes & you'll find out what the right price is. Don't forget that doesn't include rectifying any issues they find in the rest of the wiring when they do the testing.

Is there no way of adding extra sockets without running them back to new breakers on the CU? Upgrading yours would be nice, but is it actually necessary?

[megaphone]

Parts are £200 ish. Can be done in 4-5 hours if all goes well. So £750 tops. He probably wants to add in a bit of contingency in case he discovers any faults that need rectifying.

Get more quotes.

Just seen your op, AFDDs are relatively expensive, so will push up the parts cost.

Edited by megaphone on Thursday 1st May 08:40