I have just had a quote from a sparky for £425 to run some cable to a new cooker switch in the kitchen.
He's putting up some trunking outside the house and basically running a cable from the consumer unit - throughh the wall... Under some guttering (inside trunking) through the kitchen wall and into a switch.
We have a 32 amp breaker already running to the kitchen but need an additional 16 amp to accommodate a new hob.
Right - i think this is a half day job, at worst... And £425 is exceptionally expensive for what appears a fairly simple job....
As a decent diyer i think this looks quite simple and, as i have an unused 16amp breaker in my unit that was once meant for a shed, i assume its as simple as connecting the appropriate cable and running it to a cooker socket?
Anyone any advice to assist or confirm my theory that this is a relatively simple job? Or am i missing something?
Thanks in advance.
(Socket 14 in consumer unit)