I'm looking to have my metal building/barn/shop wired.
Nothing fancy, just outlets along the interior, one 220V, and for 10 LED light fixtures, a couple of three way light switches.
It's an 80x40 building, or 3200sqft.
The bid I've gotten is $5/sq ft or $16,000 for 2 days worth of work. This immediately seemed excessive to me. For instance, it cost about $20,000 to wire my house which was a far more complex 2 week job.
There's also a lot more "empty space" to the sq ft in a barn rather than a house.
I asked the electrician about this and his response was the cost of the wiring was much greater in a shop than an insulated house and materials alone were half the cost, and then labor and profit obviously.
I'm no electrician, but I was thinking the job would be $4000-$7000 in that range.
Any thoughts or feedback on if this is a fair price range or unreasonable?
I have another bid to get next week.
Nothing fancy, just outlets along the interior, one 220V, and for 10 LED light fixtures, a couple of three way light switches.
It's an 80x40 building, or 3200sqft.
The bid I've gotten is $5/sq ft or $16,000 for 2 days worth of work. This immediately seemed excessive to me. For instance, it cost about $20,000 to wire my house which was a far more complex 2 week job.
There's also a lot more "empty space" to the sq ft in a barn rather than a house.
I asked the electrician about this and his response was the cost of the wiring was much greater in a shop than an insulated house and materials alone were half the cost, and then labor and profit obviously.
I'm no electrician, but I was thinking the job would be $4000-$7000 in that range.
Any thoughts or feedback on if this is a fair price range or unreasonable?
I have another bid to get next week.