Cost to replace consumer unit

Cost to replace consumer unit

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Blue Oval84

Original Poster:

5,308 posts

174 months

Yesterday (23:49)
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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

10,238 posts

246 months

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