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i find doing the work is the easy bit, Getting to quote for work, can be hard, get cards, sign on van, get talking to everyone, be nice, get known, get online (face book next door etc, use it as a portfolio reference for people. dont expect people to google electrician and get work from your...

Customer told me another electrician told them that there plastic consumer unit was illegal.

in my experience every plasterer i have ever known or met has done soemthing stupid because they are lazy buggers. I am sick of them not caring for anyone else except themselves and doing there job as quick as possible. If it was mine i would insist it is all uncovered and when it is proved the...

this is the best advice so far, plenty other brands available. A Valet pro product in 5L might be more suitable for the van (chemical guys stuff might be wasted on your van, it is high end and little bottles dont go far on a mucky old van). I get my products from these guys...

Sometimes things like this i prefer them to supply the parts, because if it goes wrong they are paying for it. I have had a couple half day jobs ruined when a product goes wrong a few months later and i lose half a day replacing it.

As someone who runs a one man operation, the costs i have to do what i do, only work out for me as i do it all the time.  If i was only going to rewire 1 house a year and spend the rest of the time been a builder, im not sure it would justify the costs of been an electrician. Spending all the...

It would be a lot easier if everything was surface conduit. I dont see the fuss over hiding everything in walls

I got £100 off my van insurance as i reduced the milage to 8K a year. Did the same with my car and reduced the milage to 4K

My last re wire in a 4 bed house that was stripped out and empty,  i priced at £4K labour £2k materials it ended up costing £6.5k labour and over £2.5k materials (prob a lot more as customer was buying materials) rewiring an ocupied house is expensive, and a very bad experience for the...

If you don't want to do it professionally, it's only for your house. I think training to do it would be a waste of time and money.  You could possibly just pay someone to do it for the cost of your training course.   Factor in lost time off work you would have for doing your work and training...

Last few years i have gone from working for firms/subbing/builders to generating all my own work direct with the customer. It has been the best thing i have ever done. I now limit my working radius to <10miles, do my own hours (I can do school run in morning), I can earn 2x what i used to...

Blue Duck If you can go solo, you will earn better money. I get asked asked about rewires up your way every now and then, im not interested for double money as i hate travel, your in the area, people are desperate for work to be done. We also have a couple customers up there still who often...

No one tells jokes anymore. 20-30 year ago, it was all about the jokes. Now its all look at this video of people hurting themselves or girls gagging .....

Dude - 'Do you wear those gloves to stop getting electric shocks' Pewter- 'No, it is so i have clean hands when i eat my lunch'     (and i dont get cuts, hands dont dry out, clean hands.....) I get asked  quite often.

He couldnt handle the truth. I get this and often give a crazy price to cover just like Dave did, then sometimes they say, 'fantastic, when can you start?'

Did a consumer unit for friend of family, Lady- how much for a new consumer unit Pewter - £350 parts and labour Lady - I have seen them in BQ for £40, thats a good days wage Pewter - Metal unit £90, tails + earth £30, Cable entry gland £10, stuffing glands £10,Earth block £5 BC notification...

usually people do not have the centre light, just downlights. Although in kitchens i often install down lights and pendant lights over the breakfast bar and tables. This is so when eating the bright downlights can be turned off and the pendant light on to create a different mood/effect. If its...

i find 500 lumin lights are usually good to cover 1.5M radius without a problem. So your room of 3.9M X 3.5M  i would install 4 fittings with 5-600 lumin output

Thanks for the answer Phil D, it makes sense now.  I didnt dare use anything to cut the metal in case of fire risk, and fear of the flat below. *replacing a consumer unit mounted on a plaster and lath wall, i needed to trim a bit of wood mounted behind  as the tails needed to enter the fuse...

I was at a customers, a bank bussiness manager, (so he should know figures). Dude - 'I might retrain as a plumber, i cant beleive how much they earn' Pewter - 'why is that?, how much was you charged for the work?' Dude - '£700 plumber charged me for a days work' Pewter - 'was there 2 of...