I'd stick to what you're doing. If I could make 1300 a week as an employee I'd consider that good. Prewire is boring, plus you have to go back for wallplates and whatnot.
Here's the deal with prewire. The money sucks, cuz if it was that great, the electrician would pick it up. I do it, but only if its a structured wiring gig where I have access to the homeowner, and can plan the design around what they want (and will pay for) the day they move in. I'm not a monkey for the contractor who will skim money from my labor. Of course, this pushes me into the post-wire market, something I prefer because there are less people between me and the customer.
Alarms are good money, but only if you pick up the monitoring account. Everyone plans on this, which is why the install is so cut-throat you barely break even.
Don't look at it as pre-wire. The prewire gets you in the house, but the easy money is on the mark-up of the equipment. Structured wiring specialist.
You start running wire for surround and whole-house audio when the customer has plans to buy the equipment from someone else, you get nothing!!!!! You end up giving away you labor and someone else makes the nut on the equipment (plasma, amps, speakers, mounts, ect.)
Re: SDU Construction
Member #: 26502
Registered: 11/10/2003
Posted:
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Name:
matt
Company:
cc contracting
Occupation:
cable guy
Location:
manchester
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