Wire prices

[Bob La Londe]

So guys, what do you think? Are wire prices still climbing or have they
leveled out?

I've got some really big jobs coming up where wires price could be a
significant factor. Been debating stocking up on wire for these and storing
it to try and save the client a couple bucks. They'll make a progressive
payment to cover it if I tell them its a good idea to get it now and store
it.

 

[Jim]

So guys, what do you think? Are wire prices still climbing or have they
leveled out?

I've got some really big jobs coming up where wires price could be a
significant factor. Been debating stocking up on wire for these and storing
it to try and save the client a couple bucks. They'll make a progressive
payment to cover it if I tell them its a good idea to get it now and store
it.

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Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
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It's nice of you to try and save your customers some money
but .............

What ever the price is ...... it is.

Why lose money just because no one can predict radical changes in
the cost of wire? Even if you anticipate it by buying now and storing
it, you should be compensated for that investment too, so ......
what's the difference? And even further, what if the price drops
between now and then?
Actually the better thing to do, I would think, is, on your large
jobs, price it at todays prices and put a provision in your estimates
that would allow your price to fluctuate with the price of wire at the
time the job commences.

 

[Bob La Londe]

It's nice of you to try and save your customers some money
but .............

What ever the price is ...... it is.

Why lose money just because no one can predict radical changes in
the cost of wire? Even if you anticipate it by buying now and storing
it, you should be compensated for that investment too, so ......
what's the difference? And even further, what if the price drops
between now and then?
Actually the better thing to do, I would think, is, on your large
jobs, price it at todays prices and put a provision in your estimates
that would allow your price to fluctuate with the price of wire at the
time the job commences.

Well, we aren't talking about just a couple miles of wire like most jobs.

 

[Jim]

Well, we aren't talking about just a couple miles of wire like most jobs.

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Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contestshttp://www.YumaBassMan.com

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Hey Bob, you aren't actually wiring each of your jobs directly back to
the central station ...... are you?

Now lookit ..... you're actually supposed to use the local TELEPHONE
service to do that. Dint anyone ever splain that to you?

 

[Bob La Londe]

Hey Bob, you aren't actually wiring each of your jobs directly back to
the central station ...... are you?

Now lookit ..... you're actually supposed to use the local TELEPHONE
service to do that. Dint anyone ever splain that to you?

LOL. Actually if you went back and added it up I bet you would find that
several of your bigger jobs have a couple miles of wire in them. My first
one like that was a network cabling job with 200 hundred drops about ten
years ago. No run more than a couple hundred feet, but it adds up quick.
We used a little under 4 miles of cat 5 cable on that one building.

Actually when I think about it some of the fire alarm systems I worked on
before I used more wire than that, and of course I have done buried plant
before too.

The job in particular I am thinking of has a couple miles of buried plant,
and a ton of access and video as well as burg, phone, network, etc etfc

 

[Jim]

LOL. Actually if you went back and added it up I bet you would find that
several of your bigger jobs have a couple miles of wire in them. My first
one like that was a network cabling job with 200 hundred drops about ten
years ago. No run more than a couple hundred feet, but it adds up quick.
We used a little under 4 miles of cat 5 cable on that one building.

Actually when I think about it some of the fire alarm systems I worked on
before I used more wire than that, and of course I have done buried plant
before too.

The job in particular I am thinking of has a couple miles of buried plant,
and a ton of access and video as well as burg, phone, network, etc etfc

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I don't do large commercial anymore but I can't imagine how many miles
of wire I've installed through the years. The latest resi job of any
size had, I'd guess, about 2 miles total. 72 windows, 10 doors, audio
glass in every room, plus whole house audio,surround sound two
locations, video, network, telephone.

In the past, I would not even consider the cost of wire but lately on
bigger jobs, I add 2/3 hundred for wire and also for fuel, if there's
any amount of travel. I add it to a line item labeled " wire,
hardware, misc parts and material $+++.++ which can always be
explained away if questioned about details. Clamps, screws,
connectors, tape, tiewraps, stapels, pre construction brackets, foam
sealent, wire, junction boxes, coffee and snacks, lunch, bribes to
officals etc.