Prices for Upgrading Electrics
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Only the most basic electrical tasks should be carried out by a DIYer. The paradox is that a high proportion of an electrician’s time is spent in non-technical work – drilling holes, lifting floorboards and the like – but making the connections requires a level of skill and knowledge so is better left to an expert.
Electrical Prices and Costs
The prices quoted below are those that would be charged by an electrical firm for a reasonable amount of work in a normal domestic situation.
Electrical Work |
Quantity ? | Electrician Charges (£) ? |
| Form spur from existing point for a distance not exceeding 3 metres and provide : | ||
| - Single electrical power point | 1 no | 70.00 |
| - Double electrical power point | 1 no | 80.00 |
| - Electrical light switch, 1 gang | 1 no | 55.00 |
| - Electrical light switch, 2 gang | 1 no | 60.00 |
| - Electric pendant | 1 no | 65.00 |
| - Electric Wall Light | 1 no | 75.00 |
| - Electrical lighting including flex and lamp holder | 1 no | 75.00 |
| - Electric Shaver pint | 1 no | 85.00 |
| - Electric Cooker control unit | 1 no | 110 |
| Form spur from existing point for a distance not exceeding 6 metres and provide : | ||
| - Single electrical power point | 1 no | 80.00 |
| - Double electrical power point | 1 no | 95.00 |
| - Electrical light switch, 1 gang | 1 no | 70.00 |
| - Electrical light switch, 2 gang | 1 no | 75.00 |
| - Electric pendant | 1 no | 70.00 |
| - Electric Wall Light | 1 no | 90.00 |
| - Electrical lighting including flex and lamp holder | 1 no | 90.00 |
| - Electric Shaver pint | 1 no | 100.00 |
| - Electric Cooker control unit | 1 no | 125.00 |
| Supply and fix single tube fluorescent light fitting adjacent to existing ceiling point, length | ||
| - 600mm electric light | 1 no | 65.00 |
| - 1200mm electric light | 1 no | 70.00 |
| - 1500mm electric light | 1 no | 85.00 |
| - 1800mm electric light | 1 no | 90.00 |
| Supply and fix twin tube fluorescent light fitting adjacent to existing ceiling point, length | ||
| - 600mm electric lights | 1 no | 85.00 |
| - 1200mm electric lights | 1 no | 90.00 |
| - 1500mm electric lights | 1 no | 95.00 |
| - 1800mm electric lights | 1 no | 115.00 |