hi im a electrical contractor i charge $250 to install a ceiling fan thats when there’s nothing existing?
Monday, August 4th, 2008 at
1:13 am
jim l asked:
in ceiling no electrical box or wire.is this a good price?
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Filed under: Decorating & Remodeling
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brighton electrical
This whole subject is way over my head……
brighton electric
Considering the work you would have to do, I would think it would be fair.
brighton electrical
sounds fair to me, quite a lot of work involved!
sussex electrician
Need a job dude?
sussex electrical
The electricians that I work with charge $75 per hour for travel and on-site time. $250 sounds good to me. Of course if I was paying for it…
sussex electrics
i am not sure i would say it is a GOOD price. Maybe acceptable… IF your hourly rate is 50 dollars an hour that gives you about 4 hours labor plus 50 dollars in parts. If you have a minimum service call price I guess that would be deducted. I think the job may take about 3 hours if you got to it and tapped into a nearby box and ran conduit to a new box location.
brighton electrical
Having done some electrical remodling work, it can be quite a chore to have to run wire where there wasn’t one before. Or add a circuit breaker to power the circuit for the fan. Then if there is no box, building codes require a box to hold up to 50lbs (or something like that) in the fans weight. Materials, labor. I think that is a fair price.
brighton electrician
Okay , first of all, you are An electrical contractor, not A electrical contractor. And second , if you are an electrical contractor why can’t you answer this question yourself? Shouldn’t you know if this is a good deal or not? If this is your chosen profession.
brighton electric
Someone else asked a similar question regarding how much they could expect to pay for having a ceiling fan installed and I responded in this manner:
If there is already a junction box with wires in the ceiling, a typical installation is around $65 to $85.
Add an additional $35 if the junction box in the ceiling needs to be reinforced with a 2 x 4 or fan brace.
If there is an an attic and you need wires run and a junction box installed, expect to pay about $150-$200 for the wiring alone, plus the cost of installing the fan (depending on the complexity of running the wires).
If there is no attic and no wires (first floor of 2 story home, or vaulted ceiling), expect to pay as much as $250-$350 for the wiring alone, plus the cost of installing the fan (depending on the complexity of running the wires).
If you want the fan wired to a wall switch as well, you can probably add about $75 more for that service, unless the wiring to the ceiling is being pulled from the switch on the wall.
These figures are simply estimates based on what a company I used to work for charged for these services in Southern California. Labor rates vary dramatically around the country, so I cannot say this would be pertinent to your local.