Installing Electric Economy 7 Night Storage Heaters

[cotopaxi]

Hi guys,

how difficult it is to install Electric Economy 7 Night Storage Heaters?

I have a fair knowledge of electrical stuff but never installed them!

As I am not too comfortable to tackle this task by myself I got a quote from an electrician and it came to around £1200! This is to supply and install 1 x 3.5kW and 2 x 1.7kW storage heaters, the 1 x 4 way consumer unit with 30mA RCD plus cables, switches and containment.

I feel that this is quite expensive so trying to see if I could do the job myself - of course with all due respect to health and safety - and if needed get it certified at the end by a qualified electrician.

Any advise on installation tips or any other help very much appreciated!

Many thanks!

 

[dhutch]

Task aside, its notifiable work, and hence not some you can legally do for less than the quoted priced,

Did you get a breakdown of materals cost, or even know how much the heaters themselves are?


Daniel

 

[Gaz the Sparky]

As you say your not confident at wiring you should get a electrician in to complete the work it requires a new consumer unit new circuits to the heaters and then all testing

the best bet is to get 3 quotes as a guide and then decide which is the best out of the 3

Also just look online at the cost of storage heaters i"m not sure at the type that the electrician has specified but here"s a link to Dimplex heaters
£350 each

then times that by 3

£350 x 3 = £1050
suddenly its looking quite a cheap quote

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/DXXL24N.html

G.T.S

 

[RF Lighting]

And it's not a 2 minute job lugging all them bloody heavy bricks about!

It sounds like a good price to me. How much were you expecting to pay OOI?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Task aside, its notifiable work,

It's Edinburgh.

 

[OwainDIYer]

Task aside, its notifiable work,

It's Edinburgh.

It may still be notifiable work if it's in a flat or other considerations apply.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Notifiable or not, £1200 to supply and install well over £1000 worth of kit does not seem like a bad deal.

IHNI why "I got a quote from an electrician and it came to around £1200!" merits the exclamation mark.

 

[yorkspark]

I'm assuming that you already have economy 7 tariff / dual rate meter installed as that will also be required to connect new 4way db to.

As others have also said 1200 quid is quite cheap, not a friend of a friend doing the install is it?

 

[big-all]

what heating do you have at present

 

[cotopaxi]

Thanks everyone for the moment. As some of you have suggested I will definitely get other quotes and I am waiting for a full breakdown from the original quote (not a friend of a friend!
The heaters at the moment are just basic panel heaters...thanks again.

 

[big-all]

great i was just checking that you weren't being tempted by claims off cheap running cost and abandoning mains gas

 

[yorkspark]

can you tell us what sort of meter you have installed as obviously you dont just connect new db to existing as the storage heaters will be on 24hrs