Bidding low voltage

[patricknola]

Hey Guys, I'm bidding a resi electrical and the cable and telephone are included in the drawings. How do you guys price cable and phone? TIA

 

[LarryFine]

One-by-one cost and labor; including finish and terminating.

 

[James L]

One-by-one cost and labor; including finish and terminating.

What do you mean one-by-one?
You mean measuring the length of each cable and trying to estimate the time to run each one?

 

[LarryFine]

What do you mean one-by-one?
You mean measuring the length of each cable and trying to estimate the time to run each one?

Yes. Or come up with an average price per run.

How else?

 

[James L]

Labor to run the cable is the same as a 120v home run

And the labor to install a jack is pretty close to the labor to land a 120v home run in the panel.

The cable is about 3/4 the cost of 14/2 Romex
50 cents per foot of NM and about 35 cents for cat6 - but a cat6 jack adds, so it's pretty much a wash on materials.

All that to say...
I price it the same as a 15 amp 120v home run.

 

[AC\DC]

Wow you nmb is cheap per foot mine at .72 per foot

 

[ptonsparky]

Wow you nmb is cheap per foot mine at .72 per foot

Haven't bought any since last of Jan and it was .42 then.