£4K rewire what do you expect ...

[Dustydazzler]

What part of the country are you? I’m in the southeast and couldn’t see how I could charge myself out at £800 a day.

Surrey

 

[nicebutdim]

Surely having a basic sense of pride in one's work would dictate that cables aren't lashed across lofts? When I rewired upstairs lighting in my parent's house, it never occured to me that anything other than clipping neatly and close to the eaves might be acceptable. Wish I'd thought of cable tray as that would have been so much nicer than 200 odd years of dust and dirt...

 

[cliffed]

Surely having a basic sense of pride in one's work would dictate that cables aren't lashed across lofts? When I rewired upstairs lighting in my parent's house, it never occured to me that anything other than clipping neatly and close to the eaves might be acceptable. Wish I'd thought of cable tray as that would have been so much nicer than 200 odd years of dust and dirt...

Thinking cable tray in a domestic situ, bit over the top for me.
Cables laid on top of joists parallel looks ok.

 

[stevethesparks]

For the amount of cable shown in the video, tray would have been ideal, admittedly not normally required for residential. Have used it in the past with a large house with many cable runs leading back to the CU.
Edit: having said that, it didn't stop wet pants laying his unclipped plastic pipes across my neatly laid tray and cabling.

 

[123]

I haven’t watched the video so can’t comment on the installation but IMO 4K for a standard 3 bed Rewire is about the going rate. £1000 on material, 2 sparks and a lad for 4 days £1000 Labour, £320 overheads £1680 in the sky rocket....even if it takes 5 days your still on to a decent earner.

You pay 2 sparks and a lad £250 a day in total, or am I reading that wrong?

 

[Soi disant]

You pay 2 sparks and a lad £250 a day in total, or am I reading that wrong?

Ones who do work like that, yes.

 

[Risteard]

That's exactly how I would do it. Despite the fact we don't (yet) have the requirement to clip cables, we will usually do it for neatness at corners not on straight runs. Looks a lot better. However in houses where they may be in a position to do an attic conversion we will drill joists.
Regarding a 3 day rewire.... first time I have heard of the concept. Shortest I have experienced is a week (as in 7 days) and that was a rare exception.
Price wise 4000 euro was not unusual for a terraced house.In fact in some cases it was a, good price. However now that detectors, LSF cable, surge protection and a, number of other additions required with new regs, I doubt we will see a 4 grand price tag on a rewire again.
My most recent rewire was 6000

Did a cottage recently for €6,200. Some people have completely unrealistic expectations about price unfortunately.

 

[leep82]

Basket or all round banding screwed to the trusses??

 

[Dustydazzler]

Or in the old days some short of cuts of cables nailed to the rafters as make shift loops to bunch all the cables together neatly up out the way

 

[leep82]

Or in the old days some short of cuts of cables nailed to the rafters as make shift loops to bunch all the cables together neatly up out the way

I carry all round banding with me all the time now. Nobody can argue the ---- about premature collapse with that stuff

 

[Soi disant]

Or in the old days some short of cuts of cables nailed to the rafters as make shift loops to bunch all the cables together neatly up out the way

A practice which made me think that perhaps the installer here not removing all the old cables might not deserve total condemnation, as cables clipped like that can't just be pulled out.

 

[mattg4321]

You pay 2 sparks and a lad £250 a day in total, or am I reading that wrong?

I thought that too. Surely not.

 

[i=p/u]

Two rookies and smokey

 

[leep82]

Can somebody tell me the problem he seems to have with plastic blanks being fitted to the front of the consumer unit?

 

[Soi disant]

He dislikes them. It did look as though he tried (and failed) to justify his dislike by pushing on them to make them fall off.

 

[i=p/u]

Blanks made of steel for steel board

 

[loz2754]

Blanks made of steel for steel board

Er. No.
Are the MCBs also made of steel?

 

[leep82]

He dislikes them. It did look as though he tried (and failed) to justify his dislike by pushing on them to make them fall off.

I was wondering if he was going down the route of questioning their suitability

Blanks made of steel for steel board

why?

 

[Soi disant]

Er. No.
Are the MCBs also made of steel?

I tell you what definitely aren't....


.... the MCB shaped blanks that go on the busbar.