quogueelectric
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I think your milking it and I know milk.:smile:stickboy1375 said:
Cost to hang ceiling fan?
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peter d
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quogueelectric said:
1.5 hours to install a fan is nothing.....milking it would be 3 or more hours.
stickboy1375
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quogueelectric said:
It is T&M, so maybe a little.
stickboy1375
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peter d said:
Yep, these fans are a pain in the ass. opps I mean butt.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
There's a ceiling-fan installation, and then there's a ceiling-fan, fan-box, and switch-wiring installation.
quogueelectric
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- new york
Havent you seen the 10 min fans at the big box stores? It says preassembled 10 min installation. 78 buckssatcom said:
quogueelectric
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Where do you think I get all my lines??:grin:480sparky said:
mdshunk
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I've put together a few where the blades had keyhole slots and they just more or less clicked on the blade arms. They were actually pretty sturdy fans. I was sorta surprised. I don't know if this was the 10-minute fan you talk about or not. Every once in a while you get these really weird one's that throw you for a loop. When I have to break out the instructions for a paddle fan, I know this one's going to take a while. Had one the other week where two rods came out of a single canopy down to two little individual paddle fans. Reminded me of that Osprey helicopter/airplane thing the Marines use. That fan wasn't really that bad to install. Just took a while due to twice as many parts.quogueelectric said:
ramsy
NoFixNoPay Electric
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- LA basin, CA
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- Service Electrician 2020 NEC
robwire said:
If the main audience here is fully loaded contractors, with years of success to share, consider playing along, join in on whipping wet noodles, DIY's & hacks, have fun, and eventually the intellectual capital properly rewards you, privately.
tonyou812
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I really dont want you to take this the wrong way but being busy till the first week of august doesnt mean ship if your charging little money just to keep busy. People like you are the reason I am not getting work. For me a service change from 100 to 200 starts at 2500 bucks and I have been loosing them to yo yo's how are charging 1600-1800 bucks and in one case 1400 bucks. And from the sound of it it doesnt seem like you are using a very scientific approach to your price increase. Its almost like you are licking your finger and holding it up in the air and saying " well looks like Ill charge another 30-50 bucks more this month".robwire said:
The other day I went to look at an above ground pool and the guy told me he was getting bids from as low as 450 ....... I almost crapped my pants when he told me that because its about a 110 foot run 50 inside the garage and another 60 feet underground. How in the hell could someone charge 450 for this work and call themselves legitimate? I have lots of examples like this and my theory on it is the slow economy is turning an already crowded market (New Jersey) into a bunch of low ballers. Guys like you who just want the work so they can say "well I must be doing something right, Im busy untill August..." You probably drive a ratty ass van and pay your guys crappy wages....
I refuse to sink to that level and I am proud to say that I am sticking to my guns. I will not lowball just to say I got work. When I do a job its done right an in the HO or custormers best interest, unlike the jacka$$ who wants to do that pool for 450. I would love to see what the customer gets for that price. I personally am really starting to beileve that Electricians make for some of the worst buisness men I have ever seen.
stickboy1375
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satcom said:
Since we provided the fans, I had to load them at the shop, unload them at the job, carry them from my truck to the location to be installed, go back and get my 12' ladder, bring that to the fan location, go back several more times for my tools, open the fan, assemble the fan, modify the mounting hardware, hang the fan, pick up my garbage, and still bring everything back to the truck, so yeah, it took an 1 1/2 to hang a fan.
mark32
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HD fan install prices
HD fan install prices
I got a quote two weeks ago about installing two ceiling fans through the EC we (HD) deals with. The rate for a single family dwelling was/is $500 per fan, but customer in question lives in an apartment and was told the rate is higher for that. Customer wasn't too pleased to hear at least a grand to install two fans but they do give you a $50 gift card to the HD if you have two or more fans installed.
HD fan install prices
I got a quote two weeks ago about installing two ceiling fans through the EC we (HD) deals with. The rate for a single family dwelling was/is $500 per fan, but customer in question lives in an apartment and was told the rate is higher for that. Customer wasn't too pleased to hear at least a grand to install two fans but they do give you a $50 gift card to the HD if you have two or more fans installed.
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emahler said:
I still don't think you understand me.
Why would anyone assume that just because someone is a good or even excellent electrician that they would automatically be able to turn that into a successfully business?
In my limited experience running a successful business has absolutely nothing to do with electrical installations.
I am at least a semi skilled electrician, I don't think any amount of training or research could make me a successfull business owner.
It seems the electricians that can make the leap to businessman should put down the tools and hit that part of the business full time if their desire is to grow a business. :smile:
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Home Depot had an ad in the paper the other day that showed a ceiling fan that only took 5 minutes to install.
It's no wonder the homeowner thinks it should only cost $20 to have it installed.
I installed an outdoor 120 volt receptacle for a portable pool the other day. Another electrician was supposed to do the job but after trying to get him out for 3 weeks she called me. I asked her if he had quoted her a price for the work and she said she described what she needed over the phone and he said it would be about $75.
Why do electricians quote such ridiculous low prices over the phone?
It's no wonder I had such a hard time convincing her it was going to be $300.
$75 is a joke.
By the way I also sold her GFCI receptacles for in the kitchens and bathrooms, dimmer switches and a few other things to increase my sales ticket because I'm one of those contractors that upsells people on things they don't really need.
It's no wonder the homeowner thinks it should only cost $20 to have it installed.
I installed an outdoor 120 volt receptacle for a portable pool the other day. Another electrician was supposed to do the job but after trying to get him out for 3 weeks she called me. I asked her if he had quoted her a price for the work and she said she described what she needed over the phone and he said it would be about $75.
Why do electricians quote such ridiculous low prices over the phone?
It's no wonder I had such a hard time convincing her it was going to be $300.
$75 is a joke.
By the way I also sold her GFCI receptacles for in the kitchens and bathrooms, dimmer switches and a few other things to increase my sales ticket because I'm one of those contractors that upsells people on things they don't really need.
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iwire said:I still don't think you understand me.
Why would anyone assume that just because someone is a good or even excellent electrician that they would automatically be able to turn that into a successfully business?
In my limited experience running a successful business has absolutely nothing to do with electrical installations.
I am at least a semi skilled electrician, I don't think any amount of training or research could make me a successfull business owner.
It seems the electricians that can make the leap to businessman should put down the tools and hit that part of the business full time if their desire is to grow a business. :smile:
That is a good view of the issue.
On the ceiling fans, the times will differ depending on the job conditions.
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