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I am currently just using the $24 Orbit box, which reduces the labor needed. On a $1 million job you may have 50 of them. If they add $14 each, that is $700. A rounding error.
 
Strathead said:
you are worried about the cost of a box bracket. I would not even contemplate buying painted bud rings. Add a few cans of red paint to your estimate. Mud rings are way too easy to paint. Boxes are a different story.
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By the way Strat do you use a check at the end of your estimate like certain amount of hours/material per device?
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
By the way Strat do you use a check at the end of your estimate like certain amount of hours/material per device?
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I am only part time estimating today. I usually just look at cost per square foot, and sort my material and labor low to high and make sure I don't see anything that sticks out. You can also add up all your boxes and add up all your blank covers and mud rings. With the exception of this specific fire alarm application, they should add up.
 
Alwayslearningelec said:
That comes with the box or it's just the bracket?
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Both Caddy and Orbit carry similar products. They are in steps. The box comes with a bracket that will screw to a stud or snap in to the Big O span bracket. Then if you are going in a ceiling grid there is an accessory that clips on to the Big O bracket to snap to the ceiling grid. You can buy each part separately or as an assembly. Two years ago the assembly that was all components for the Grid was $27, the wall Big O was $24, and the bracket and box only was, I think $18. It seems high, but the time spent checking and adjusting the boxes is balanced off in the calculations of myself and my Project Manager who ran the numbers with me. It may be a little more expensive, but reduces labor by probably 1/2 and makes it so a less meticulous worker can have less mistakes.
 
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