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How much to charge for EML and smoke alarms in small hmo

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Hi all, 

I'm enquiring has to how much people usually charge to retro fit EML these will be supplied as two radials (ground and upper floor) from the fuse board located under stairs, the cable will be surface ran and housed in white PVC trunking using steel fixings within to support the cable. The smoke alarms will be cabled in a similar manner as the existing ceiling roses only contain a switched live feed, a provision for a new circuit will be made here, these will be interlinked and sited to meet grade D1 category LD1. 


I could do with knowing what members think is a fair price per point for the above which is basically going to be installed into a 3 bed house converted to a small HMO. 


LED EML and Aico interlinked with battery backup. I don't expect anyone to give me exact pricing but in the region of would be helhelpful. 


Been told by client that my price was almost double than what he had been quoted so it's got me thinking, I asked him for the competitors quote so I could do a comparison, quantities etc and he came back with a figure of £1500.00 for the following:

Fuse board change 

EML

Interlinked smoke alarm

The last two item are unknown quantities. 


​​​​​​From our survey they would look like this:

Fuseboard 5+5 RCD split board

6Off LED bulkhead EML

9Off smoke points


Sorry forgot to mention the prospective client failed to supply us with the competitors quote which got me thinking if they were trying to pull a fast one. 


I did post this in the ask the community section but due to the lack of replies assumed I'd posted in wrong section, sorry for the double post. 


Ts
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    Sparkingchip:

    I have a invoice to hand for Aico alarms to hand for a job I have just done for two optical, one ion and one multi-sensor ten year lithium battery alarms plus a test switch, I genuinely believe that most people’s eyes would water as they still think alarms are around fifteen quid apiece. 


    Andy B.




    Andy, I think people forget that we are not registered charities but are indeed registered businesses and therefore should be putting margins on materials and labour. Now the larger the job the better the discount for the client, a smaller job will usually attract a larger margin, this job falls under the latter the only way the price will fall is if their is regular work from the client not empty promises, we've all been there. 

    ts

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  • Former Community Member
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    Sparkingchip:

    I have a invoice to hand for Aico alarms to hand for a job I have just done for two optical, one ion and one multi-sensor ten year lithium battery alarms plus a test switch, I genuinely believe that most people’s eyes would water as they still think alarms are around fifteen quid apiece. 


    Andy B.




    Andy, I think people forget that we are not registered charities but are indeed registered businesses and therefore should be putting margins on materials and labour. Now the larger the job the better the discount for the client, a smaller job will usually attract a larger margin, this job falls under the latter the only way the price will fall is if their is regular work from the client not empty promises, we've all been there. 

    ts

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