cost of getting a CONSUMER UNIT put in

[lord nicon21]

as this silly new reg has come in how much will it cost to putt an CONSUMER UNIT in at the min i have old fuses


what i want is

double pole isolating switch
RCD
4 X 32amp MCB
1 X 40amp MCB
1 X 6amp MCB

i live in rugby warwickshire if it makes much diffrents

thanks guys oh yea i'm new here

 

[andy]

as this silly new reg has come in how much will it cost to putt an CONSUMER UNIT in at the min i have old fuses


what i want is

double pole isolating switch
RCD
4 X 32amp MCB
1 X 40amp MCB
1 X 6amp MCB

i live in rugby warwickshire if it makes much diffrents

thanks guys oh yea i'm new here

the new building regs dont say u must change your CU. as for price, see item 9 here

 

[lord nicon21]

yeah i know it does but i want to add a new 32amp MCB

 

[andy]

yeah i know it does but i want to add a new 32amp MCB

get 3 quotes from local sparky's

 

[dingbat]

Call me on **************and I'll quote for the job and explain the regulations at the same time.

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Moderator

phone number removed.

may i suggest if you have not done so you put your email address in your profile

 

[kevplumb]

where is breezer ????

 

[lord nicon21]

yeah i know it does but i want to add a new 32amp MCB

get 3 quotes from local sparky's

thanks might save up a bit first as i just wanted if its £100 or more lol

 

[dingbat]

Lord Nic, to replace your CU will cost in the region of £250-£350. I did try to post my telephone number but it was late and I was feeling reckless - it was edited out anyway!

 

[moderator]

I doubt it. How do you know what will be involved in completeing the job? That is why we have item 9

lord nicon21 May I suggest , as you have been told that you get several quotes. That way there is no doubt how much such a job will cost.

 

[supersparks]

moderator, may i suggest you pass comment on something that you know something about only?

if you were in the electrical industry you would know that to change a consumer unit including testing is in the region of £250 - £350 domesticly.

any remedial work needed will be an extra on that.

like i say, a bit of refraint please.

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Modertor

may i remind you of item 9.
It way well cost as stated, but what if it doesnt. I can not allow people to ask for quotes on this site for the reasons in item 9. This was asking for a quote.
Would you do the job for £350?, bearing in mind it is in Rugby, and you have to travel.

 

[neilsumner]

Sorry for jumping in when it's not my thread but, thankyou Dingbat for a sensible and helpfull reply.
As a non sparky I have no idea what this might cost it could be £100 or it could be £1000 for all I know. If I was obtaining quotes for a job like that then I would at least like to know an idea of the order of cost BEFORE I start to invite quotes.
Of course I wouldn't hold dingbat to anything he said and I would only expect him to give an idea of the works asked for ie no remedials.
If the original poster got 3 quotes when he only had 100 quid in his back pocket he would be wasteing their time quoting.


-Neil

 

[lord nicon21]

Lord Nic, to replace your CU will cost in the region of £250-£350. I did try to post my telephone number but it was late and I was feeling reckless - it was edited out anyway!

thank you very much i'll save a bit of money up as i had no idea on cost before i wast some guys time with quotes thanks mate

 

[gjh]

I live in Birmingham and I paid £150 for a new 12 way split load CU supplied and fitted, I'm in a diffeent house now so cant remeber the exact specs but it had 6 MCB's on one side and a further 6 on the other side protected by an RCD. The sparky that fitted it offered me a choice of whetever MCB's I required. The job was a straightforward removal of the old wire fusebox and fitting the new CU in a cupboard under the stairs with easy access. As a fully loaded CU is around £75 from screwfix, it seemed reasonable to pay him £75 for the 90 minutes it took him to disconnect the old fusebox [I removed it myself once it was made 'safe'] and fit the new one and connect up the downstairs 32A ring, the remaining rings I reconnected myself once I was happy with the CU.

 

[lord nicon21]

what you mean you just got him to take it off and you put the new one in?

can they let you do that?

 

[breezer]

i would read the post again, only slowly.