Plenty of Smoke Think I need a Marine Electrician

[JumbleDuck]

... I was thinking of British Motorcycles... The terror of riding at night with a headlight that would be brighter by using a struck match

Q. Why don't Triumph (Norton, Matchless ...) make refrigerators?
A. They haven't worked out how to make them drip oil.

 

[ghostlymoron]

+1, more like double that.

You realise that's £12000 a week

 

[PaulRainbow]

You realise that's £12000 a week

Please tell me how to get £300 a day to come to £12000 a week, i could do with stretching my funds a bit.

 

[dom]

Please tell me how to get £300 a day to come to £12000 a week, i could do with stretching my funds a bit.

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[[3889]]

You realise that's £12000 a week

I think there is sufficient consensus that you original estimate is absurdly low for me not to bother engaging further.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Please tell me how to get £300 a day to come to £12000 a week, i could do with stretching my funds a bit.

I did it by confusing hours with days.

 

[PaulRainbow]

I did it by confusing hours with days.

You should get a job with HMRC

 

[Bru]

You should get a job with HMRC

Don't! :disgust:

 

[Bru]

I did it by confusing hours with days.

Phew! I thought I was overcharging

 

[ghostlymoron]

So what's the consensus for a DAILY rate?

 

[brman]

So what's the consensus for a DAILY rate?

somewhere between £150 and £300 if you follow the previous posts

fwiw, that sounds reasonable, when I did domestic electrical work I charged £35 and hour or £200 a day. Which I think was cheap compared to a lot of sparks round here (hampshire).

 

[Bru]

So what's the consensus for a DAILY rate?

Well I, for one, don't charge by the day. I charge by the hour worked (and I mean by the hour worked, I don't charge for time not worked e.g having a smoke and a mug of coffee, chatting on the pontoon with people &c.)

But if you assume an eight hour day and split the differ 'tween the £150 figure and the £300 figure you won't be far off the mark!

(I'm trying very hard not to tread on the mod's corns here! Apologies if my size tens have bruised a toe)

 

[JumbleDuck]

So what's the consensus for a DAILY rate?

Find out what your local domestic sparkie charges. Double it for "marine". Add a further 50% for Solent (if applicable). Add a further 50% for Lymington (if applicable).

 

[thesaintlyone]

Thanks, everyone I have now had a great offer from someone here on the forum so hopefully fingers crossed it will all get sorted as this is the last major job on a the project.

Regards

 

[Bru]

Find out what your local domestic sparkie charges. Double it for "marine"....

Last time I called out a domestic electrician (I don't have Part P so can't do work on my own kitchen or bathroom grrr) he charged me rather more than I charge and he was cheap compared to most. Not everyone in the marine trades is a rip off merchant you know!