Re-wiring

[Andy1733]

that’s the most daft suggestion so far.

an EICR costing £250 could reveal you need a rewire costing £6 - £8k

Not as daft as suggesting 6-8k for a rewire on 1 bed flat.

 

[poni]

that’s the most daft suggestion so far.

an EICR costing £250 could reveal you need a rewire costing £6 - £8k

I think I will get back into contracting, if that is the price of a rewire, the last one i did was about £800 (15 years or more ago), and I thought that was a lot then, (£400 for the parts and £100 a day for me)

 

[Murdoch]

I think I will get back into contracting, if that is the price of a rewire, the last one i did was about £800 (15 years or more ago), and I thought that was a lot then, (£400 for the parts and £100 a day for me)

I don’t do rewired any more but the going rate around here is about £75 per point

 

[Andy1733]

4 days max imo. £3-4k. If any more I would be using my size 10s

 

[poni]

yes

4 days max imo. £3-4k. If any more I would be using my size 10s

4 days if occupied, maybe 3 if its a void

do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour

 

[Andy™]

do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour

id expect that's between more than 1 person and also includes materials...

 

[binky]

do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour

Not in my experience

 

[Andy1733]

yes

4 days if occupied, maybe 3 if its a void

do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour

Depends how much of that is materials. I would imagine 2k for the labour

 

[MikeJhn]

£100.00 per hour also pays for the replacement knees at a later date.

 

[mort2376]

I need to move as I get about £175 a day on a rewire.

It wasn't a quote from Artisan Electrics was it ???????

 

[sirsparkabit]

I Don't do any rewires these days , but if I did I wouldn't think 3.5 to 4.5 k is too bad a price these days depending on what your installing materials wise in the average 3 bed house .
Materials have gone through the roof so you end up spending a lot of time trying to find the best accessories at a good price for the customer which is time consuming.

Always good to build in a costing for all the new regs courses and registration fees for nap or nic ,insurances ,tool replacements and van maintenance and van buying costs .
250 ish seems to be the day rate around here on average ( South East) .
You didn't go through your years gaining experience and qualifications to work for the rate of a person doing a less qualified but just as needed job for nothing .

In my experience rewiring in a lived in house is a pita, Always get told everything will be moved and then spend 1.5 hours doing just that yourself . Totally empty properties I may still consider if desperate

 

[binky]

£250 a day is about what you need to be charging to earn a reasonable living.

Empty property rewire I've been doing this year, 3 bed with garage is working out at around £5k. I've got one room left to do, because the customer is doing lots of DIY to save noney. Single fella who is quit happy to 'rough it' , so house hadn't been empty all the time. The room left to do is being used as a temporary kitchen. We started upstairs to create a clean area to live in, before commencing the downstairs work. It's driving me slightly mad, as I just want to get it done, and retire fully.

 

[Murdoch]

I think anyone reading this thread, as a potential customer, needs to realise that the requirements of rewires vary A LOT.

So if its 3 sockets per room and a single pendent the price would be low, but if its 5 sockets per room, hard wired CAT5 and multiple downlights in every room plus garden electrics would be much higher.

Theres a new build near me where the electrics cost over £250K

 

[Andy1733]

I think anyone reading this thread, as a potential customer, needs to realise that the requirements of rewires vary A LOT.

So if its 3 sockets per room and a single pendent the price would be low, but if its 5 sockets per room, hard wired CAT5 and multiple downlights in every room plus garden electrics would be much higher.

Theres a new build near me where the electrics cost over £250K

This is the daftest post yet

 

[MikeJhn]

I did some work on a £67M house in Hampstead and the electric install was more than that, but I do think for a domestic install it was a bit unusual, but not always, the house's on either side, the heated driveway was interesting: https://www.glentree.co.uk/binary_data/603_the_villa__courtenay_avenue.pdf

 

[mort2376]

Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????

 

[Geoff1946]

Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????

It looks like the garage entrance is down a ramp so it wouldn't take much frost to make it impassable.

It's not a family home is it? More like a small hotel designed for entertaining.

 

[binky]

Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????

Chelsea tractors can't cope with ice, or at least their drivers can't

 

[poni]

Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????

no ice, all our roads south of Watford are heated, that's way we need the drive heated

 

[mort2376]

no ice, all our roads south of Watford are heated, that's way we need the drive heated

That will be those wireless charging cables for the next gen electric cars then !!!