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Fixed Wiring Inspections cost

Carl Haycock

hi all,

Looking for some guidance. We carry out fixed wiring inspections on our Uk commercial properties every 5 years.  These are mixed office, warehouse and assembly / lab spaces within 3 buildings.  

We have an on site electrician for the general maintenance / small jobs as well as a separate service for PAT testing.  Our regular competent contractor has quoted nearly £100k to carry out the testing which seems massive to all the costs I see quoted online and I find it hard to believe our competitors abroad are spending this kind of sum every 5 years.  i know it is hard to give an opinion without size and we use circa 2300Mwh per annum but any thoughts as to whether this is completely off track or not?

regards

Carl

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    Well how many items are there that require a PA test and how often - if that is all that happens for the extra 100K this looks like they think there is enough work to employ another body or two full time and are charging you to cover employing the extra staff accordingly.

    Mike.

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    Sounds more like a fixed-wiring EICR .... I suppose one metric would be to divide the estimate by the number of circuits - £30-£50 per circuit seems to be ball-park - although there could be a whole host of factors that can vary that significantly (e.g. wanting things done out of hours, unusually complex systems or access challenges).

       - Andy.

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  • 0 in reply to mapj1

    Sounds more like a fixed-wiring EICR .... I suppose one metric would be to divide the estimate by the number of circuits - £30-£50 per circuit seems to be ball-park - although there could be a whole host of factors that can vary that significantly (e.g. wanting things done out of hours, unusually complex systems or access challenges).

       - Andy.

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