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[ban-all-sheds]

Hence why I wont be getting a leccy in.

Since you don't even know the difference between a switch and an MCB that may not be the wisest decision you have ever made.

 

[mbga9pgf]

I'd have thought roughly £200/300 for that job!

Hence why I wont be getting a leccy in.

Dont blame you, 3 hours work at minimum wage, the job should be no more than £25 including materials!

What flat rate do most of you guys use on a daily basis out of interest for bigger jobs?

Or isnt there such a thing? Say a job that would take around 3 days?

 

[Taylortwocities]

3 days? That's a smaller job!

 

[Spark123]

Hence why I wont be getting a leccy in.

Since you don't even know the difference between a switch and an MCB that may not be the wisest decision you have ever made.

That's first year apprentice stuff

 

[Gees]

I'd have thought roughly £200/300 for that job!

How could you justify that sort of sum?
Breakdown please ( if you dare )

 

[Gees]

I'd have thought roughly £200/300 for that job!

Hence why I wont be getting a leccy in.

Sure, this is a DIY forum. You do not need an electrician to do ANY electrical works in your own home.

All you do need to do is to be competent, comply with various lumps of regulations, test what you have done and properly document it.

There are some sizeable costs that you have to make to achieve this. I would suggest that these would be more than £200-300.

What sizeable costs? apart from a tester ( that can be hired by the day )

 

[Taylortwocities]

LABC fees will cost you around £130 plus the dreaded...

 

[Gees]

LABC fees will cost you around £130 plus the dreaded...

Yes and we will all be queing up at the council offices wont we !!
I thought an outside light was not notifiable ?

 

[wingcoax]

Any external fitting with connections is notifiable.

 

[nozspark]

Page 9 of Part P

"i. The installation of equipment attached to the outside wall of a house (for example security lighting, air conditioning equipment and radon fans) is not notifiable provided that there are no exposed connections and the work does not involve the installation of a new circuit or the extension of a circuit in a kitchen or special location or associated with a special location."

 

[SparkyNinja]

The expert suggested this was a £60 job

Agreed, non notifiable.


What exactly makes this guy an expert anyway?

£60 could possibly be acceptable for the socket alone. But installing an outside light where no existing wiring is in place can't surely be done fron scratch for this money???