How Much Does It Cost To Fit a Fused Spur?



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Cost to Fit a Fused Spur



Job

Description
Cost
1Fit a surface mounted spur adjacent to an existing socket in the garage…. 1 man inc. £10 materials
£100
2If you want a flush spur. That’s 1 sparks + 1 plasterer which equals more time and (your) money.
£195


“Labour” at £175 a day (tradesman) £100 (labourer), includes incidental fixings etc. and tipping charges. “Materials” if mentioned, are larger things (a boiler) and stuff only you can choose (tiles etc). Also VAT must be added all round.

Information Sheet on Fitting Fused Spur


Sounds a bit like an old “light programme” for little boys… ”The Fused Spur Saves the Day”! with that “Dick Barton” soundtrack in the background……… Blimey I’m old! And in case you’ve always wanted to know…. Tonto’s real name was Jay Silverheels.

Anyway were talking electrics now so……Welcome to the minefield!

This page needs to be kept simple, which means that all the highly relevant legal requirements you should be aware of, plus a detailed description of the process of installing new electrical fittings, are to be found elsewhere at electrics…the rules

So, what exactly is a fused spur?

Let’s say you want to fit a light in the garage, you have electricity in the form of a wall socket in there, but there’s no way lights can be supplied from “the mains”, there’s too much power involved (13 amps) and the new lighting cables could set on fire. So we need to “fuse down” (to 5 amps which lighting cables can manage), by fitting a fused spur box.

It’s the same with central heating electrics. These too require far less power, so a fused spur is fitted to “fuse down” here as well. (to 3 amps). The spur is usually a surface mounted box adjacent to an existing wall socket with a bit if white trunking covering the cable.

The whole process takes about an hour and the materials cost about £10. If he charges half a day, that’s a bit steep but quite possible (buying, travelling, parking).

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