Board change prices

[m4tty]

Hi,

Was round a customers house doing a board change today, easy bonding takin out old mem rewireable with asbestos flash pads 4 way and two other small rewireable boards into one 10 way. 7 circuits in all. 2 rings, 2 lighting circuits, alarm, boiler and shed. I charged

 

[betty swollocks]

Nedl charge

 

[revjames]

round here

 

[Andy™]

around

 

[Steve3948]

Around

 

[streetlighter]

Usually between

 

[M107]

[No message]

 

[ProDave]

Up here I charge

 

[Andy™]

Do any of you do a PIR (newbie terms EICR) before the board is changed out of interest ?

rarely, but a quick IR before removing the old

 

[m4tty]

Do any of you do a PIR (newbie terms EICR) before the board is changed out of interest ?

I always fully test before doing the board change, before disconnecting anything to make sure the rcds will hold lol

 

[steptoe]

Do any of you do a PIR (newbie terms EICR) before the board is changed out of interest ?

I do a few tests at quote stage,

then a partial test before change, Ze, IR, cont etc.

 

[chrisg1979]

Usually between

 

[husky2013]

Chris, you say about bg having set prices, I do not doubt that you follow this set out guidelines as an employee, but from personal experience bg originally wanted to charge my old landlord for a 10w split without bonding,

 

[steptoe]

I dunno about their pricing, but I do know they try to get work that isnt needed,

I told this story before about them coming to look at our boiler, and he looked at the CU while he was there,

I was at work, the wife was home, he pulled up so many faults it was scary, the wife told him it was recently rewired and he said it must have been a cowboy to leave it all wrong like that, I had just rewired the house, but the missus said nothing,

anyway, I came home, the missus had texted me the script, I just spoke to the guy for a bit, acting the dumb ripped off householder worried about his safety,

asked him to check the 'dodgy' socket in the spare room,(office where my certs were hanging, along with other paperwork),

I went out the back for a cig and I heard the front door close, :slap

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I dunno about their pricing, but I do know they try to get work that isnt needed,I told this story before about them coming to look at our boiler, and he looked at the CU while he was there,

I was at work, the wife was home, he pulled up so many faults it was scary, the wife told him it was recently rewired and he said it must have been a cowboy to leave it all wrong like that, I had just rewired the house, but the missus said nothing,

anyway, I came home, the missus had texted me the script, I just spoke to the guy for a bit, acting the dumb ripped off householder worried about his safety,

asked him to check the 'dodgy' socket in the spare room,(office where my certs were hanging, along with other paperwork),

I went out the back for a cig and I heard the front door close, :slap

EDIT, BTW, the guy deffo wasnt an electrician by the way he came across/terminology he was using/actual knowledge he had, so why was he advising on my electrics?

 

[NozSpark]

Might that be because they get paid extra for every lead Steps

 

[samson337]

It was the tube of super rods in the corner that made him run. sorry

 

[steptoe]

Might that be because they get paid extra for every lead Steps

dont be so pessimistic Noz,

maybe its just a pi55 poor install after all.

 

[NozSpark]

dont be so pessimistic Noz,maybe its just a pi55 poor install after all.

I didn't like to say:consoling:tongue in cheek

 

[Doc Hudson]

I seem to be on a roll of defending British Gas (as an employee tonight).Stories of prices like that are stories, set price of

 

[steptoe]

I would need to make it HSE compliant first though, :|