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Action Electric - Fully licensed, liability insured, WCB. ***** We do electrical work in Winnipeg "city wide." Owner/manager: Manuel Correia - 28 years self employed working electrician. 38 years trade experience. Canadian Interprovince Red Seal Certificate No. I - 15...(inquire. Journeyman & Electrical Contractor's lic. (City of Winnipeg) (no. 91....inquire) Other licenses as per the City of Winnipeg local bylaws.

Most of the  following prices were copied at random  from contractors and other sources in the internet and are not our prices unless it states so.

Some prices may coinside with our own. Ours may vary on many factors and our work is very specific - most of the time we just do Service Upgrades to 100 or 200 amperes. Only on site can we give you an "EXACT" price"

THE FOLLOWING IS APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTIAL WORK ONLY


Some prices were copied off the internet because of their resemblance and application of what we do or what others are chargeing in this city! In some instances, especially in concealed work, difficulties are encountered when fishing cables or the amount of wall damadge involved or how much damadge is accepted by the owner affects the cost a great deal to be even doubled or it may even be reduced to half! Therefore, the above prices reflect some which we may charge other prices reflect general electrical trade standard charges but ONLY when done by legitimate electrical contractors. Larger jobs will already include permit fees of $112.00 paid to the City + time to apply for it, also includes all materials and labour. Taxes are usually not included. There are many variable factors which may decrease or increase the overall price. Further - Due to skilled labour shortages, we may or may not be able to offer all these services all the time or not even some of the time.

These prices will scare you off if you are used to hire unscrupulous handymen/women, amateurs, carpenters etc. to do your electrical work.  Some Handyman or carpenters are notorious for doing electrical work! Such people come and go and when gone you may not hear from them again, especially if you dared to pay anything in advance or when you telephone back complaining (usually from a few days to two weeks time) when the wiring is due to failure! Remember, the deception "electrical wiring seems to work quite well and many times it seems to work EVEN BETTER when it is done ALL wrong!"  I have found up to 6 code violations just in a simple 120V, 15 amp. receptacle or in a simple light switch! (if you are curious about  how can it work BETTER? - give me a call, I will explain!) o(Please do not call ACTION ELECTRIC to do repairs to a wiring installation which you, youself, had hired a handyman to do it!

WE AND MOST (NOT ALL) LEGITIMATE CONTRACTORS DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!

UPDATE Dec. 2009: FROM THE OWNER of Action Electric:
There are some firms in this city and elsewhere who charge from 1/3 less to over 2 times more than the prices given above or even the prices we charge!
Prices are based on time on the premises & materials used, permit fees and may include 40 minutes to one hour travel time (two ways) for a small job, PLUS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS called OVERHEAD - by the way!. This Overhead cost  can over 2   times the cost of the average hourly wage for an employee being a licensed electrician. The overhead cost also depends on how many employees a business has. Some operators will loose their shirt especially the first years in business because they have no clue how much it costs to run a business. In other words "I pay aprox. $30,000.00 per year before taxes just to have a job just for one person - myself! When there are more employees then it decreases. Some handymen "wannabe electricians" have no overhead cost and become attracted to home owners until it is time to talk to a lawyer" or trying to collect from the insurance in case of a loss, afire etc. (if you are still around) resulting from the electrical work. Most of my customers and others only may pay union dues (if any) and a few other standard paycheque deductions. Therefore, pricing can vary a great deal amongst bidders depending on their overhead including having Liability Insurance OR NOT, W. Comp. OR NOT, employing street people or not or employing registered aprentices or licensed journey/persons or not.
Therefore, these prices are only a very general guide. You, the customer, home owner etc. have to do a lot of research in order to get a proffessional electrical installation done at a reasonable price and it should last 100 years - NOT 100 DAYS. I have been often quite shocked in seeing beautifull renovations done in homes - such as marble kitchen counters, ceramic tiles, beautifull bath rooms, kitchen renovations, rec. rooms etc. and the new electrical work associated with such renovations is obselutely very dangerous done by amateurs and ready to blow up! I have seen it a few hundred times.  

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June 8, 09 - Just found a website with houly prices! Check it out and compare.  http://www.servicemagic.com/article.show.5-Ways-to-Save-on-Electrical-Repairs.8217.html


A link to "costs for home renovations including  ELECTRICAL"
/CDACosts.pdf MB http://www.allaroundthehouse.com/lib.repr.htm



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Note: For any electrical work, we do exact pricing wheather piece work or by the hour or contract. Once we are doing the service upgrade, let us look at the whole job! Check the "changes page" for availability to do work other than a service upgrade.

Updated June 14, 2009. Prepared by Manuel Correia/ACTION ELECTRIC


 

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