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Alot of out ocf work sparkys are turning to house wiring to get buy

Your bid is high. Thats like a $4000 job and will probably get bid at <$3600 including the service, builder supplies the fixtures & bulbs.

36 man hrs, & less than $2k materials.

Its cut throat around here, seriously $1.70 sq ft bids are common.

Ya gotta be kidding ?? 1.70 USD per sqfoot just for basic set up ?? if that the case I will just bolted from that low price.

Unforetally it not only affect in USA but Europe as well we do feel the effect as well.

The last resdentail house I done in USA it ran 3.12 USD per sq foot { 90% of my time I never use the sq foot price at all }

Merci, Marc

does that include the service?

Includes an underground service.

I don't us a sq ft price either besides something to check my estimate against.

I don't bid on any new constructions homes because of these prices. We'll I do bid on some but I rarely get them.

36 hours is not alot of time to do a neat job.

Here is a little gee whiz info from a friend in a big national builder. This is a typical 2000 sq/ft house in SW Fla.

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/A%20typical%202000%20house%20in%20SW%20Florida.xls

I cant by a fan/light for 22 dollars let alone install it.

Greg:
Just a question...is that an AFCI job?

I imagine this has to be an AFCI job since we are on the 2008. A am not sure about the fan deal. The builder may be buying the fan.