"evodawg" wrote

If I were doing this job and I do them all the time. 75.00 if ceiling is
prewired for a fan. If you don't have an outlet in the ceiling and you
want
a wall switch 75.00 plus 100.00 for going into an attic and another 75.00

Ouch! Well, mine was a replacement fan set (Master Bedroom and Livingroom,
renters broke both). Pull switches on both as the existing outlets are in
use to control other things. He did go up in the attic though to make sure
the boxes were stable and added a kit stabilizer. No drywall work needed.

The living room will be much more and without seeing it, I would not even
give an estimate. I have special tools to bore thru joists without doing
much drywall windowing but it still needs some and repair afterwards,
including drywall repair, texture, primer and paint.

I suspect so, a difficult install.

I was thinking to add one in my enclosed porch but there is no access above
at all and the ceiling is plywood. There are electrical cables up there as
there are 4 lights (the type you tend to see in garages with flourescent
long bulbs). We need to recover financially from some other work first but
later we want those taken out and a nice ceiling fan put in. It will have
to be almost flush mounted to the ceiling as it's not a tall roof back
there. 7'8" I think. For that, I expect to pay 350$ as the electrician we
use already gave an estimate on it.

The other install was cheaper but part of why it was 50$ each was it was a
package deal with several other items. The total at the end was almost
1,000$ worth of labor on the work. For example, I have 19 outlets on my
back porch, all but 2 were 2 prong and interior style yet this is a merely
screened portion (the enclosure part is fully enclosed sunroom, an 11x13
section with a remaining 11x44 fully screened portion). Because of the
additional wiring he had to run for proper grounds etc, those were 75$ each.
10 of them were done and the rest capped safely off til later.

He also put in a new fixture for the laundry room to replace one gone bad
for 25$ (easy reach situation)

750$+100$+25$ was the main part. Capping off the ones that were unsafe was
the rest.

Grin, before you think this horrible, it wasnt. He did all this in about 6
hours. There was no cosmetic work needed on his end at all and the one long
wire he had to run along the porch, was all in a straight line (we took the
shingle facing off for him before he arrived and put it back up after he
left).

I'd call a near 1,000$ haul in a 6 hour day a decent wage. And he's GOOD.
Insured too.

Here's what's pending: 7 more outlets on the screened porch, 3 of which
require a second wire of some sort (not on same wall as others, inner wall).
1 light fixure in kitchen unsafe (capped off now, needs new light fixure
too, recessed sort), 3 outlets around the house that are capped off and not
in spots we actually need them just now (2 prong), add another garage light
set (he can reuse the ones in the enclosed sunroom), add an exterior outlet
on the front of the house to run Xmas lights, replace 3 exterior flood
lights at back of house, remove sunroom 'garage type' lights and put in
ceiling fan with light fixture if he can get at joists right from below and
if not, just replace existing set with something nicer or we accept a mild
modification with a faux beam to stabilize the fan which we have to put in
exactly according to his specs first then he anchors it to them. He specs
this at a total of 1,850$ labor and no cosmetic work on his end. He
estimates if he wants to put in a long day, 12 hours. If he doesnt feel
like a long day, he says he might take 2 to do it all in 6 hour groups ;-)

Price may go up a bit as inflation hits, but he was sane to mention that and
we expect it.