How Much Does It Cost To Fit an Outside/Security Light?



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Cost to Fit Security/Outside Lights





Job
Description
Labour
1Fit one 500 watt flood lamp at a height of about 10’ (3 metres), with an accessible electrical supply close by in the garage. There will be either a timer or a PIR, a switch mounted in the house and no “making good” to consider. This will take 1 man 1 day inc. materials
£240
2Fit 2 lights as above. Still just a days work inc. materials
£280
3If he tests the circuit he’s working on prior to starting and again at the end and issues a safety certificate, add……
£75
4If he has to go looking for a suitable electrical supply under floorboards in a bedroom add …
£125
“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 Security Lights

There are all sorts of designs of individual lights but really only two types of process. You either have lights which come on permanently at night and go off in the morning, or lights which come on only when they detect movement (at night) and then go off again a few minutes later. Each should have a switch in the house so that you can override the system. Which means you turn them on or off when you want.

The latter are operated by a PIR (passive infrared) sensor. Each light can have its own sensor so it operates in isolation to any other lights, or one sensor can be mounted somewhere which operates all the lights you may have.

Legally you must get a “qualified person” to fit electrics externally. That doesn’t just mean someone who’s a qualified electrician, he must also belong to a specific scheme. Have a look at our article on Electrical Rules.


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