Repair after new sockets

[ChillWith]

Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to make good a wall after a new socket for plugs has been installed?

Have they just put plugs into the wall or have wires been channelled etc? If just making good around the socket then a fiver and 20 mins of your time. If you’re covering channels cut in plaster and brick then more info needed.

Yes, channels created so need filling over. Thank you

You can do it yourself using gypro easifill. I get pack of 5 x 1kg bags from toolstation

Ok in that case I’d be putting pvc conduit around the cables and then your choice of filler over the top. The plastic conduit is about a tenner for 3 meters, so do the maths on that depending on how many channels you have. Filler is variable in cost but as per the above cheap enough. You’d need a smoothing tool as well if you don’t have one which is about a fiver. If 3 meters of channels for arguments sake then I’d cost it at about £30-£40 of materials / equipment. If you’re paying someone to do it then they’ll probably want a morning or afternoon out of it. Something a handyman can do for you at whatever the going hourly rate is round your way rather than needing a plasterer.

Thank you. That's really helpful and appreciated too.