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Home Renovation & Building Forum • View topic - How can you save money on electrical & plumbing costs?
I was just wondering where you ca save money in the plumbing & electrical sides of things.
I'm am stumped when it comes to electrical, I'm guessing we could purchase our own faceplates for switches & power points but could it really save us much money?
Plumbing, we are planning to dig our own trenches but is that as far as we can go when it comes to DIY?
Would we save much money on things like purchasing our own tapware etc?
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Ways to save money.
Electricals
- avoid downlights this will increase costs substantially
- sometimes sparky can get switches etc cheaper
- get what you need.
Some people go overboard with powerpoints some times
- get standard switches instead of slim line, get HPM instead of clipsal
Plumbing
- have the plumbing down one side if possible
- if you need a roof plumber for box gutter, ask if plumber can do it (legally) rather than getting a roof plumber specifically for that only.
- avoid flick mixers throughout
- get plastic piping where possible instead of copper
That's all I can think of for now.
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Quote: : Ways to save money.
Electricals
- avoid downlights this will increase costs substantially
- sometimes sparky can get switches etc cheaper
- get what you need.
Some people go overboard with powerpoints some times
- get standard switches instead of slim line, get HPM instead of clipsal
Plumbing
- have the plumbing down one side if possible
- if you need a roof plumber for box gutter, ask if plumber can do it (legally) rather than getting a roof plumber specifically for that only.
- avoid flick mixers throughout
- get plastic piping where possible instead of copper
That's all I can think of for now.
Very nice thank you for the info
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You can also get all of your own fittings, I found that I was able to do a deal with a small lighting shop to get all of my fixtures thru them and it was cheaper then the electrician could get them (with his mark up of course) but thats talking about $3500 worth of lights.
also depending on the tradie you have, and if your willing to get dirty you could ask if you can be their apprentice for the day/s.
I was able to organise that with both my plumber and electrician so now they tell me what to do, I do it and they check it and flip the switch/turn on the tap.
And it gives them a bit of flexability cause they can go on with another job, or duck off the job site to get a part.
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So far the Quote: s for the fittings are about $8 per fitting.
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