Why is it people wait until it's winter and snowing...

Engineer54 · Jan 14, 2015

uksparks said:
Always the way. Tomorrow I'm putting 10m of SWA in a trench, and Saturday im outdoors again installing that EV charger.

The cost of a excavating a trench goes up when the ground is frozen. That's standard contractor costing for any excavation works, be it for plumbers service pipework or electrical services work etc, where the ground is frozen....

Silly Sausage · Jan 14, 2015

Engineer54 said:
The cost of a excavating a trench goes up when the ground is frozen. That's standard contractor costing for any excavation works, be it for plumbers service pipework or electrical services work etc, where the ground is frozen....

Get a grip Eng, we're talking Leicestershire here, not the dizzy heights of the Lakes or Scottish Highlands!

Engineer54 · Jan 14, 2015

Archy Styrigg said:
Get a grip Eng, we're talking Leicestershire here, not the dizzy heights of the Lakes or Scottish Highlands!

frozen ground is frozen ground no matter where it's located!! Would you undertake digging a trench 10m X 60cm working for the same cost as normal??

richy3333 · Jan 15, 2015

Engineer54 said:
frozen ground is frozen ground no matter where it's located!! Would you undertake digging a trench 10m X 60cm working for the same cost as normal??

I agree. I try to top load the price for digging. I'm no navy. People soon find someone cheaper and you avoid the issue of hitting services.

I was was pricing for a board change and 2 new circuits last winter at a holiday home. Owner happened to be there and as I'm about to leave asked if I would put up an outside light as the existing had corroded through. There were gales outside and you could hardly stand. Told them In no uncertain terms I wasn't going to risk it. Also pointed out that I'd flagged up to the property manager 2 years before that the light wasn't working. It hadn't become suddenly urgent!

gutterball · Jan 15, 2015

It wasn't just the snow and cold, I have the outdoor gear. It was the fact that it was 45 mins drive in the wrong direction,and I went between other jobs as they said they were old and the wife's eye sight wasn't very good. You don't have to drink the coffee , but it would have been nice to be asked. After all I was doing them a favor by going there the same day they called.

Carla_G · Jan 28, 2015

shanky887614 said:
yeah the builders are working for our boss , if work starts to go slack the boss buys some land or a house to keep up busy

Think of it as a change in your usual job... otherwise it would be same boring stuff throughout a season....

Tidy Max · Jan 29, 2015

shanky887614 said:
work slows down a little for us in the summer so we end up doing a house up/building one and wiring it.

yeah the builders are working for our boss , if work starts to go slack the boss buys some land or a house to keep up busy

Pretty jealous of this. Getting bored of domestic electrical work fast at the moment and i would love to get into house renovation!