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amaralice

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Building a 2 story Smiling Woods Yurts 30ft diameter yurt - 3 bedrooms and 2 baths - almost 1300 sq ft. I am starting to get electrical estimates on the roughing in and the fixtures installation. My first of 3 quotes came in at $6075. How does that sound to folks?

It's been difficult estimates from people 5 months ahead of the build.
 
That's hard to say. It really depends on what the electrician will be doing. Sounds like they will be doing everything from scratch, from the pole so on a back of a napkin, it doesn't sound all that unreasonable.
 
Correct he is doing all elements of the electrical work.

The utility company has to bring the trench wire to the house.

He said he can

  1. [*Install the meter pan and conduit into the trench needed to supply the house.
  2. Do the wiring
  3. Install the fixtures


Jafo said:
That's hard to say. It really depends on what the electrician will be doing. Sounds like they will be doing everything from scratch, from the pole so on a back of a napkin, it doesn't sound all that unreasonable.
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Without knowing the detailed call for tenders an estimation is difficult - @Jafo is right with.

And your last input is still very raw.... ;)

I´ve - as customer - finished a lot of such projects - big ones with +20M USD and small ones (e.g. single rooms) - but I´ve had always exact calculations of each meter of cables and each connector. And full specifications of services as well.
Only with correct data a comparison is possible.
 
Hmmmm....I suggest getting an additional bid or two at this time as labor and material prices have gone up this year on everything. Additionally I highly recommend you get that bid in writing, especially if you don't know anything about the work being performed. Handshakes are fine between contactors and tradesmen that have known eachother for years, but good contractors write out the scope of the work. In my decades of residential carpentry it is unlikely for someone to give you a bid with little detail, and say "It likely won't be this high." The details spelled out dictate the cost. Most folks go with the high number when the eagle flies at the end of the job. Good luck.
 
you know you could wire it yourself, once you get the lic electrician to put in your box, and everyone signs off on that you can wire your own house unless you are planning to make a business out of it.
 
why so funny Bob he can do it, and Like I saind if he is not making a business out of it he can wire his own place, except for the sitting the box and the wire to the grid, if he goes off grid he does not even need that
 
I did and made my own power supply , only blew up on me once, and then I learn how to dry wall and put in a window when I went thru the wall , so if you go to trap air in a 4 inch plastic pipe put on a 100psi pressure releif valvue on it lol
 
220 service?

I helped my electrician wire our house. He had just retired from the union after 40 year career, 30 in heavy commercial including nuke plants. He traveled east to west coast working BIG jobs and final two years with wife in Hawaii wiring huge hotel projects.

But he still got gigged on 10 items on our house. Panel didn't blow though. hahah I'm no electrician and as result been bit by 220 twice and that was 2 times 2 many. My old partner knew a guy that had an eye blow out when he screwed up at a WYO power plant. My bro in law retired from PGE after 50 years as a lineman and foreman. Juice will kill you if you make mistakes. Glad you didn't get hurt.
 
Sorry electrical wiring is waay above my skillset I think. I am missing the fundamental principals. I know it can be done - I spoke with a woman who wired her tiny home herself after much research and Youtube - it's held up.
 
Three wire Amaralice, make sure your power supply is shut off you have power,ground,neautral, I do not think you will go further than that most fuse box will have a row or two of screws that is for your ground and neutral, or depending on your fuse , you will put hot and ground in the fuse, the one I have only has the hot, but everything I have ran into so far the neutral will be on the box, make sure you have your plug wired right easy enought flip the switch and then run and call the fire department lol no you can do it and it will be fine.
 
Most folks, myself included, draw a blank when staring at wiring. EVERYBODY has been shocked by 110. 220 at the panel is WAY THE HECK worse. Again, attempting to wire a 3 bed 2 bath house when you are clueless, this is NOT a good idea.

I'm a big time much a do it yourself guy, but not on work that can kill you maim you or send thousands of dollars down the drain. No chance in hades I'd ever tell someone "You can wire a 3 bed 2 bath house. Go for it." Not a wise idea.

Now helping a qualified electrician, that is fine. Non union residential electricians get started by having their licensed boss/foreman tell them 'do this do that'. They aren't going to get hurt. The boss is making sure of that.

Likewise replacing a switch or light fixture in a home, that is doable. Turn off the breaker. IF you really think about what you are doing, you just might pull it off. Laying out the wiring plan on a house? You gotta be kidding me?

Nothing personal but that is bad advive imo.
 
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