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Consumer Unit Upgrade Price Breakdown

The main pricing lines electricians need to account for when quoting a board upgrade properly.

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8 min readUpdated 2026-06-10Andrew Moore, Founder of Elec-Mate

Written and reviewed by Andrew Moore, founder of Elec-Mate, against BS 7671:2018+A4:2026, IET Guidance Note 3 and the IET On-Site Guide.

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Key Takeaways

  • 1A strong board-upgrade quote is usually built from materials, labour, testing, and conditional remedials.
  • 2Protective devices and accessories can move the material price more than the enclosure alone.
  • 3Time on the job includes isolation, strip-out, installation, testing, labelling, and paperwork.
  • 4The clearest quotes show what is fixed scope and what depends on the condition of the installation.
  • 5Breaking the price down well improves client trust and protects your margin.
01 · Pricing Guide

Materials usually include more than the board

  • Consumer unit enclosure and main switch arrangement.
  • RCBOs, MCBs, RCDs, SPD equipment, and blanks or accessories.
  • Meter tails, glands, consumer unit tails, labels, ferrules, and sundries.
  • Replacement connectors, enclosures, or accessory parts found necessary during the change.
02 · Pricing Guide

Labour includes the full working day, not just the swap

A fair labour allowance covers safe isolation, removing the old board, re-terminating circuits, resolving reasonable issues found on change-over, testing, labelling, and producing the finished paperwork. Many under-priced jobs ignore the back half of the day and only think about fitting time.

03 · Pricing Guide

Testing and paperwork are part of the price

The job is not finished when the front cover goes on. Testing, certification, and where required notification are part of the deliverable. If they are not visible in your pricing logic, the quote is usually softer than it looks.

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04 · Pricing Guide

Use conditional lines for unknowns

Protect the quote without hiding it

If the survey suggests likely extras such as bonding defects, damaged circuit conductors, or tail issues, show them as conditional lines or exclusions instead of hoping they disappear on the day.

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