Pricing down lights

[growler]

Sorry if this has been done to death. Just want to compare prices to see if I'm too expensive / cheap.

i seem to be getting a few downlight jobs and am pricing them at £40 per fitting. This is for led gu10 fittings from the wholesalers so they are a decent fitting not cheap screwfix jobs. The price includes cable and fixings but extra for rcbo etc.

thoughts ?

Thanks !

I'm in Hampshire if it makes much difference?

 

[Octopus]

It al depends on the site, the access etc.

I recently did a major extension and I costed each light at £35 without any fittings but included 2 way etc. There were 5 rooms and loads of switching - next time I'm going to charge more.

As for including the fitting I would say you are cheap.

 

[Andy78]

Depends on your costs. I would generally ask for £35 a fitting including fitting on a 1 way switch, but I do get a JCC fire rated downlight and decent GU10 LED lamp for a tenner. This would be based on an amount of 6-8, any less or any added faffing about would be more per fitting. This is also my price as part of other works, as I very rarely do downlights as a stand alone job.

 

[growler]

Thanks for your input guys.

Andy. Where do you get them for a tenner ?
thanks

 

[Andy78]

pm'ed you growler

 

[VoltzElectrical]

pm'ed you growler

Dude, could you do the same for me? neighbour wants some MR16 replacing in his kitchen due to high failure rate of lamps/ transformers.

Cheers.

 

[shanky887614]

Dude, could you do the same for me? neighbour wants some MR16 replacing in his kitchen due to high failure rate of lamps/ transformers.

Cheers.

icage are great. can take mr16 or gu10.

lets you get rid of the transformer as well

 

[Carlosfandango]

So if the icage downlights can have an open back, why do other manufacturers have canister type manufacture? I'm not questioning the design, just curiosity!!

 

[Andy78]

So if the icage downlights can have an open back, why do other manufacturers have canister type manufacture? I'm not questioning the design, just curiosity!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHiK5T_0fQw

 

[shanky887614]

So if the icage downlights can have an open back, why do other manufacturers have canister type manufacture? I'm not questioning the design, just curiosity!!

they have it open for cooling, still fire rated

 

[redcbr]

What price are you paying for icage & Led
My wholesaler is charging 8.50 for the fitting and 6.99 for Kosnic LEDS, with VAT thats just over 18.50 per downlight. At £35 per light you are not making much.

 

[Guest77]

Very difficult to price per downlight, I would look at the job and work out how long it will take, charge at your hourly rate plus the cost of all materials and 15-20% on top of the materials, pricing per point can be a can of worms IMO, unless of course it is for a new build job where the engineer or architec insists on a point to point bases due to the fact they can cut costs by reducing the specification if prices exceed the customers budget.

 

[Dcf]

my downlight price per point recipe
is 1x hours time each light
+ 1x downlight of choice(NVC at the moment for me)
+1x Branded LED lamp (colour temp whatever the customer likes)
+ 3-5m of cable
+ 1x joint box and connectors(not always req but allow it anyway)
comes out at 45-50 quid
plus an extra 5 smackeroonies for an insulation box if req
you can of course fit cheap tat and get the call backs that go with it.i choose not to.

 

[GT1]

and dont forget to explain to the customer that fire rated downlights, does not mean that they resist catching on fire, or causing a fire...!