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Installing electric hob/oven
leemina
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We've just been given a quote of £ 240 for a electrician to install our new electric hob and oven. Hob used to be gas and apparently doesn't have a 30 amp supply, so he'll have to do that, also he'll need to drill down to pass tubing (or something) to our electric fuse box and will need a helper. Does this amount seem fair??
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more info req me thinks please,
is he/she registered as this probebly falls under the scope of part p building regulation.
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The electrician is NIC registered, whats that mean? Whats part p mean ? Is there anything else you need to know?0
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Hello: For more info on Part P (Building Regulations- Electrical) and NIECIC installers look here
http://www.niceic.org.uk/consumers/index.html
Installation of the oven/hob will require a radial circuit and a 32 amp circuit breaker... 6 mm cable will run from appliance to consumer unit ( i.e. dedicated supply).
Sounds like a reasonable price.
Good luckAsk to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)0 -
leemina wrote:We've just been given a quote of £ 240 for a electrician to install our new electric hob and oven. Hob used to be gas and apparently doesn't have a 30 amp supply, so he'll have to do that, also he'll need to drill down to pass tubing (or something) to our electric fuse box and will need a helper. Does this amount seem fair??
is it a brand new oven and hob? because if it is, a 32A supply on 6mm cable might not be enough (i don't know what rating your new hob and cooker is)
most (not all) new cookers need a 40A supply on 10mm cable. which should only add a couple of £s to the price. (its a similar story with electric showers)
imo this is a one-man job, an extra man would help when pulling cables through lofts etc, but i have done this kind of thing on my own before, and im only an apprentice.
the price seems reasonable.
are you allowing them to chase into the wall? (knock a thin 3" wide strip of plaster out of your wall, from cooker to cooker switch and from cooker switch to ceiling)0
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