Sanity check on electrical quote
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Folks, just had a quote on some work, since we're out in the sticks there aren't many trusted ones to compare against so I thought I'd throw it out there. Lots of little bits of work, quoted £411 including LED strip light, all materials and labour...
Install spur to unattached garage- armoured cable from house through existing conduit to garage with double socket and strip light.
Install outside socket- requires going through external wall from existing socket, making good and also lengthening existing wire on pond fountain to reach socket
Installing an extractor fan! Supplied by us, just needs wiring and fixing up
Fixing dead socket in kitchen
Fitting new flex on cooker, running cooker outlet to new socket for lower amperage
Think that's about it, he reckons a day and a half of labour, sounds reasonable?
Install spur to unattached garage- armoured cable from house through existing conduit to garage with double socket and strip light.
Install outside socket- requires going through external wall from existing socket, making good and also lengthening existing wire on pond fountain to reach socket
Installing an extractor fan! Supplied by us, just needs wiring and fixing up
Fixing dead socket in kitchen
Fitting new flex on cooker, running cooker outlet to new socket for lower amperage
Think that's about it, he reckons a day and a half of labour, sounds reasonable?
brianashley said:
Cheap, Bite his hand off . By the time he has removed his costs of business etc .Thats not a lot for the work done. Some of that work Must come with a Cert . Are you getting this . if Not why ?
Where is the spur for the garage coming off . Is the fan circuit already have a isolator etc . Not all the info needed is mentioned to tell you the truth .Dead Socket ? Its been tested as just been Faulty or is wiring a issue .
V8Matthew said:
Yes, that's very reasonable. I quote for a lot of electrical work and I'd be at £580 for the labour alone, OK fairly specialised industry but we do domestic type stuff in buildings too.
Exactly . It does not make any sense . Its too cheap if it includes materials . Edited by V8Matthew on Saturday 22 April 20:19
carreauchompeur said:
Folks, just had a quote on some work, since we're out in the sticks there aren't many trusted ones to compare against so I thought I'd throw it out there. Lots of little bits of work, quoted £411 including LED strip light, all materials and labour...
Install spur to unattached garage- armoured cable from house through existing conduit to garage with double socket and strip light.
Install outside socket- requires going through external wall from existing socket, making good and also lengthening existing wire on pond fountain to reach socket
Installing an extractor fan! Supplied by us, just needs wiring and fixing up
Fixing dead socket in kitchen
Fitting new flex on cooker, running cooker outlet to new socket for lower amperage
Think that's about it, he reckons a day and a half of labour, sounds reasonable?
Did he actually test anything when he came? has he even been ? . I am shocked in more way than one that people just say "yes , go for it " To be honest its a mess and sounds like you will regret it. It does not sound like its going to be done by the book legally Install spur to unattached garage- armoured cable from house through existing conduit to garage with double socket and strip light.
Install outside socket- requires going through external wall from existing socket, making good and also lengthening existing wire on pond fountain to reach socket
Installing an extractor fan! Supplied by us, just needs wiring and fixing up
Fixing dead socket in kitchen
Fitting new flex on cooker, running cooker outlet to new socket for lower amperage
Think that's about it, he reckons a day and a half of labour, sounds reasonable?
carreauchompeur said:
Wow, some people really need to chill out.
All certified and a well known local electrician.
Possibly by the sound of it (and the feedback you have received), one of the few tradespeople remaining in this day and age; who asks for a reasonable return for an honest day's work, rather than the typical gorging type commanding incomes on a par with doctors and other professionals...All certified and a well known local electrician.
Over £400 for these pretty basic tasks sounds quite a bit by any stretch of the imagination, though indeed it's probably a lot less than others would charge. We really have lost the concept of money in the UK, haven't we?
tannhauser said:
Possibly by the sound of it (and the feedback you have received), one of the few tradespeople remaining in this day and age; who asks for a reasonable return for an honest day's work, rather than the typical gorging type commanding incomes on a par with doctors and other professionals...
Over £400 for these pretty basic tasks sounds quite a bit by any stretch of the imagination, though indeed it's probably a lot less than others would charge. We really have lost the concept of money in the UK, haven't we?
The OP is in lala land . I would love to see the quote. To be honest I dont even believe it. There is TOO much missing and he aint filling in da gaps Over £400 for these pretty basic tasks sounds quite a bit by any stretch of the imagination, though indeed it's probably a lot less than others would charge. We really have lost the concept of money in the UK, haven't we?
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