What is an electrical quotation for house wiring? A quotation is a formal statement setting out the estimated cost for a particular job or service. I am going to limit my discussion to a quotation for electrical house wiring works.

I will talk about electrical quotation for wiring a house in stages. What do I mean? The stages through which you will complete the electrical works.

Quotation for materials.

The first step in making an electrical quotation is to come up with a list of all materials needed to complete the works. Here you to ensure that all materials required are included. How do this? For this process to be easy, you segment or group materials by the phases of works to be executed.

Materials for installing pipes and boxes.

On this list of materials, you make a list of the components that you need to install the switch boxes, socket outlets boxes, distribution boards, and conduit pipes to accomplish the task. You should include the estimated cost of the listed materials.

Materials for electrical wiring.

Electrical wiring materials include all the cables that you will need to do proper electrical installation works. You group your electrical cables as listed below.

1. Cables for lighting.
2. Socket outlet cables
3. Air conditioning and geyser cables
4. Supply and earthing cables.
5. External works cables.

You should not forget to include the estimated cost of the cables.

Electrical tubing materials.

On this section of the material list, you put all electrical conduit pipes and accessories. Below is a list of items to include.

1. Electrical conduit pipes.
2. Looping boxes.
3. Female bushes
4. Male bushes.
5. Glue
6. Cable ties.
7. Ceiling nails
8. Saddles.

I know you might not use all the above-listed materials. The materials that you use or include are dependant on the system that you use.

Materials for the final fixtures.

Materials for the final fixtures. These are the materials that you install after you have done all the electrical wiring. The list will include the following.

1. Light switches
2. Sockets outlets
3. light fittings
4. Air conditioners
5. Circuit breakers

Labour quotation.

This is the quotation that shows how much money will be paid to the electrician doing the works. They are a lot of ways different people and organizations quote for labour. I have listed some of the ways below.

1. Percentage of the total cost of materials.
2. Hourly rate.
3. Cross section area of the building.

This list is not exhaustive.

How to pay or claim for the payment.

I feel the best way to pay or claim money for the works, it to do it in phases. What do I mean? You make a payment whenever a certain task is completed. This method will ensure you don’t pay money for the works that are not completed.

I would advise that you tabulate your labour cost as below.

First phase chiselling and mounting of boxes: This is the initial stage in doing electrical works.it consists of chasing the walls, installing conduit pipes and mounting switch boxes, distribution board, and socket-outlet box.

Phase two tubing and conduit works: In phase two, the works consists of connecting all the sockets outlets, lighting circuits, geyser circuits, and air conditioning.

Phase three electrical wiring works: This is a phase where you start pulling cables through the conduit pipes. You make sure that each and every circuit in the building is wired. Once these works are done, you make payment. Or request a payment.

Phase four mounting of final fixtures: You are done with the electrical wiring for the house. You are now installing sockets outlets, light switches light fittings. When you are done installing all electrical fittings, you as for payment.

Phase five testing the circuits. Testing is the final thing that you do after completing the electrical installations.

Wiring quotation sample.

Here I am going to show you how to make a quotation using the above-stated information.

Quantity	Description	Unity price	Price in kwacha.
	Conduits,boxes&accessories
100	Looping boxes	5	500.00
50	20mm couplings	2	100.00
50	20mm adaptors	2	100.00
25	Light switches boxes	5	125.00
15	Sockets outlet boxes	10	150.00
	Cables
5 rolls	1.5mm squared cables red	450	2250.00
4 rolls	1.5mm squared cables black	450	1800.00
5 rolls	1.5mm squared cables green	450	2250.00
3 rolls	2.5mm squared cable red	600	1800.00
3 rolls	2.5mm squared cable black	600	1800.00
3 rolls	2.5mm squared cable green	600	1800.00
12M	6mm squared cable red	10	120.00
12M	6mm squared cable black	10	120.00
12M	6mm squared cable green	10	120.00
15M	10mm squared cable red	25	375.00
15M	10mm squared cable black	25	375.00
15M	10mm squared cable green	25	375.00
15M	4mm squared cable red	8	120.00
15M	4mm squared cable black	8	120.00
15M	4mm squared cable green	8	120.00
	Final fixtures
24	light switches	20	280.00
15	Double sockets outlets	75	1125.00
1	cooker control unit	500	500.00
1	Geyser switch	50	50.00
20	Led downlights	68	1368.00
4	chandelier	450	1800.00
10	bulk- headlight fixture	220	2200.00
1	Labour	10000	10000.00
	Labour break down
1	Chasing & mounting boxes	1500	1500.00
2	Tubing & conduit works	2250	2250.00
3	Electrical wiring	2750	2750.00
4	Mounting final fixtures	2500	2500.00
5	Testing the circuits	1000	1000.00
	Total		K31718.00

Sample electrical quotation.

On the previous paragraph,I was commited to show you how a quation might look like.In this paragraph I want to show you a sample electrical quotation template.

I know you might be wondering how do I create a professionaly looking quotation for my business whether small or big.Thank fully for you there is a ready made template for you.

You can download your free sample electrical quotation

quotation for electrical work labour rate only.

This is an electrical quotation that describes the works to be done. You put the labour rate for the works against the work description.

For example, you can say installing 1 gang 1-way switch. Then you put the labour rate for installing a1gang 1 way switch. The other example can be running lighting cables. You put a labour rate of $20 per meter.

All in all quotation for electrical work labour rate only is a quotation that shows you the charge for performing a particular electrical work. Check out the picture below showing how a labour rate only quotation looks like.

Final thoughts on electrical wiring quotation.

This is just an expected estimate of how much money is required to execute all electrical works in a house or any building. There are two types of electrical wiring quotations. The one is labour based and the other is labour and material quotation.

How do these quotations differ? In a labour-only quotation, you charge the client the amount of money that is required for you to do all the electrical works. While in labour and material quotation, you quote for both the labour and material. This is also known as supply and installation quotation.

I know there are a lot of ways of making an electrical wiring quotation. How do you do it? I invite you to share with me your knowledge on how you do quotations. Feel free to make your contributions in the comments section below.