Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 11, 2017 4:09 pm Hey all, Something I see getting discussed on the forum regularly but never really hear figures or exact answers. How many of you have used the onsite electrician during your build to get work done privately versus getting it done through clipsal and how much cheaper was it doing it this way? We are going to be doing our electrical appointments in the next few weeks and want to know how much I should be getting clipsal to do or if I should just wait till the build starts and speak to the onsite Sparky. Thanks Re: Electrical Through Onsite Electrician vs Clipsal 2Jul 11, 2017 4:22 pm It depends on whether your site supervisor will let your electrician do extra work or if you'll have to wait until after handover. We spoke to our sparky and asked him to add a couple of extra powerpoints, however he referred us back to our builder for a variation... Re: Electrical Through Onsite Electrician vs Clipsal 3Jul 11, 2017 5:36 pm Our sc at Hallmark actually suggested we use their tradies (privately) for extra stuff when our build starts because it's cheaper! Not sure about Coral, but I've heard Clipsal is ridiculously marked up! - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 0 1341 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7320 Hi When it rains in a particular direction water comes through the security door. It hits the main door and the bottom swells and jams. There is already a cover over the… 0 38444 |