Ballpark price for some electrical work?

[BigRed390]

My new house has a 2 car garage with a whopping 2 outlets in it. I want to add a 3 or 4 more, and i want a floodlight installed on the outside of the garage. Assuming I've got the breaker space and i don't mind bare conduit running across my walls, anybody care to give me a rough estimate of what this is going to cost? I'm not trying to be cheap about it. Just want to know about how much I'll need to have ready when I write the check.

Thanks,

Red

 

[rieferman]

$9.97 for a how to book


Now I'm running away fast before the electricians get me! ha ha

 

[Tarheelgarage]

The last time I had a quote for adding electrcial outlets to my house (10years ago), it was quoted as $25 per outlet. A total rewire of my old farmhouse came out to $9000...yikes.
Instead of going broke, I enrolled in a residential wiring class for one semester at a CC and then re-wired my entire house myself.

The education was priceless...

 

[tfi racing]

It would be next to impossible to get a contractor to show up for less than $150,unless it is just a quick in and out service call.My guess would be anywhere from just under 200 bucks to just under a thousand!

 

[slamed tudor]

I agree with tfi. I know that at my familys shop we have a hourly rate of 75.50 a hour. The work you want done might take two guys to speed it up and help with fishing the walls. Just my two cents

 

[ArthurPE]

how far is the CB from the garage? is it going to be easy to get the power?

materials are minimal...$100-150 or so
figure 2 guys 4 hrs minimum...
around here 2 guys and a truck ~$100/hour

just get a couple of quotes...

 

[december45]

that post about $9.97 for a book is good advice... i wanted our remodeled cabin wired, called an electrician out and got a price, actually i called 3 electricians... all were extremely high priced, i went to home depot and bought a book, but mine was just about $20 bucks i wired the whole cabin, the whole works, never did much wiring at all before this, but got through the entire job, it was inspected by county inspector, i was up front with him telling him this was a owner job and i would appreciate any tips or help, the inspector was great, helped me alot, with lots of advice, told me things he looked for, i say do your own work, get that book and you will learn alot and save plenty.