New consumer unit

RaiderHammer

Hi Any idea of how much to fit a new consumer unit to a 3 bed house? Got a sparky coming around to quote over the weekend and just wondering what to expect.

Thanks.

lesta_lad

I was charged £170 for the same. The unit cost £80. It took just over an hour and we got a certificate.

zax47

Then he did a crap job and used cheap parts. Just the pre-job testing should take an hour in a 3 bed semi, and the same afterwards!!

Real world cost - I charge between £250 and £450 depending on number of circuits and state of current installation (earthing in place?, mains bonds in place?, ease of access) Only use decent quality gear, not cheap chinese made wholesale crap (like £80 all in!) Even a simple 2 RCD, 8 MCB box change can take at least a full morning. Longer if more circuits and box location needs changing.

Find more real life prices here;

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/prices/electrician/consumer-unit-fitting-only.html

Justicia

Agree with zax47. There's saving money and there's saving lives...

Would be great to see the documentation that was completed after an ~1 hour board change. I suspect that the test "results," if the correct forms were actually completed, included the installers favourite lottery numbers...

DevCoder

I think the test part consisted of

Well it works doesnt it? Lights come on, tv works...

System

We have been quoted £300 .

almeria1

we had our 3 bed semi fitted with consumer unit to replace 1970s fusebox two years ago. as I recall we paid just over £400.00.

RaiderHammer

Does a 1970's fuse box need replacing? I was thinking that's roughly the age of mine. I was considering upgrading because of the safety side.

With regards to makes I will ask. What are the main makes MK? Anyone else that is good?

Volex?

Wylex?

phoebe1989seb

As part of a full rewire we recently paid £630 to have a 17 way split load RCD consumer unit fitted and tested........although our house is a four/five bed of 2500 sq ft.......

almeria1

why replace a 1970s fusebox? well how about the advantage of just flicking a reset switch against fiddling with fuse wire and you would'nt ask. And my eyesight aint getting any better with age. our unit is MK

macman

A 70's CU will have no RCD protection. That alone makes a replacement worthwhile.