following on from the painting thread, i know have all the paint ready

anyway next thing is to get some electrics going to the garage.

the garage is about 8ft away from a workshop we have with full electrics and a spare place on the fuse box.
so i want them to come from that box which an electrician who fitted out the workshop at the time said will not be a problem.

so what i want in the garage is a switch that will turn on the strip light probably 4 strip lights.
then i want 4 double switches 2 on back wall and one each on side walls.

the electrician will provide all materials and fitting.

but the problem is he quoted me £350 which i thought was quiet deer ?

anyone got any ideas on how much the above should cost ?


thanks

Why not, as I do, mount everything and let him come and connect it all up?

i thought that but still wanted £300 if i did it that way ?

That's not over expensive assuming that's total cost and not plus vat : ) if its £150 ish for bits and about day a days labour, you might save bit if you give him a hand, by just mounting the back boxes and light battern you not really saving him much time though , assuming its all just surface clipped twin earth wiring

[Edited on 28/7/11 by will121]

Find another electrician mate. He is taking the mike

Just DIY. Job done and you can spend the savings on pies.

i was expecting a max of £200 ? bit i have priced up at around £90 say £100 max then £100 for labour i cant see
it taking more than 2 hours ?

he might not be, the work is might be a days work, plus materials and then testing.

i would say you are getting a good deal, as i know how much electrical company's charge for a day works.

stu

Just have a go yourself mate its as basic as you could get, you just wanna pull a ring into you garage for your sockets and included a switched spur which you could use to switch you lights on, i think your a little under on you estimate like a coil of 2.5 these days is the best part of £35

When adding up materials, did you include any conduit and the rcd if needed? Its not a cheap quote really, so shop aorund if you fancy.

Its easy to say do it yourself but if you dont know how, then its not so easy to do!

sorry may not have worded 1st correct

i have the lights here so all he will provide is

4 x sockets with backs £12 screwfix
cable £45 screwfix

then some sort of junction box unsure on this but the one we have iin the workshop cost £30

am i missing anything ?

most sparks would have white fixings in stock, bulk bought and cheap; would cost me £6 for 4 double fronts and backs.

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Originally posted by JoelP
most sparks would have white fixings in stock, bulk bought and cheap; would cost me £6 for 4 double fronts and backs.

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pulling cables through conduit does take some time, so i wouldnt be suprised if it took a day.

Since part P came out labour costs have rocketed. I have the qualifications to do the jub but not Part P registered. So it galls me to pay good money for I job I could do just as well because of the new regs. Another licence to print money IMHO.

£350 if he does the graft £300 if you do it, he's taking the P , do it yourself if you feel up to it or get another quote if not.
Cheers,
Bob

You paying for his next gram of cocaine matey!

Find somebody else....pull the wires through yourself fit everything and let the licenced guy sign it off...Find a local bloke at the pub who is licenced....get him sloshed then best buds for life!
cheers
H

I would guess a day's work. If the garage is a separate building from the workshop you will need armoured cable to feed it. You will want a separate sub-fuse box in the garage to separately fuse lights and power. All wiring in garage should be conduited and waterproof fittings. A workman will charge for travelling time to and from.

£ 350 sounds pretty reasonable.

ok been looking around today and got a couple of questions

this is the consumer unit i have in the workshop at the moment

http://www.screwfix.com/p/crabtree-4-way-fully-insulated-main-switch-consumer-unit/82935

now there is only 2 breakers in there at the moment one for sockets one for lights
so this leaves me 2 spare breaker spaces could i not just run from these to the garage which is about 7/8ft away ?
or would i still need another consumer unit in the garage ?

and the other thing is the walls in the garage are not to good to drill in for fixings the walls look like this
(this is not mine by the way)


http://www.hetki.net/garage_2011/slides/p882_garage_inside.htm


so i was wondering if you could
have the plug sockets attached to the rafters ?

thanks

Why not gripfill wooden battens to the wall and screw the back boxes to them.?
I would also use metal clad sockets and back boxes not white plastic ones.

did try fixing battons on back wall but was not very good. and as soon as you start do drill it just flakes off :-(