I recently had a fair amount of electrical work done, along with a variety of other contracting work. What I can offer for info is this: CV has a huge impact on this type of stuff. All of the materials are in short supply and back-ordered, and the contractors have all the work they can handle. This causes delays, delays, delays. A project I started right around March and thought would be all ready to go by summer ending up going into October. Some parts are still not done.

For electrical I got a new breaker panel and other various wiring jobs. It took over 4 weeks to get the parts for the panel. Luckily I had a good electrical contractor, very competent and professional. He told me he had more work lined up than he had ever seen, and was working crazy hours to try to get everything done.

Covid is affecting prices of lots of building materials . 2 by 4,s almost triple vs last year it seems

I hope your GC is not the problem. This could cost you money in the long run if your contract is not clearly defined. If cost over runs and issues like this are not clearly built into your contract, you could be on the hook for any cost over runs if your GC makes mistakes.

I know as an electrician, I would not come in and finish work from someone else that I did not know. I would have to submit my own bid for the job. I could not guarantee the workmanship of the prior electrician, nor would I warranty it with my work. It is a tough situation, but in the long run, electrical work needs to be done correctly from start to finish by the same person or company, not by different ones. I think your GC should have worked a little more with the electrician to find a solution rather than fire him since the job was already started. I hope you find a solution that works.

I am going to say probably not - sounds like you have a good GC, they can generally work through this kind of issue as good subs like to work with good contractors. There is no indication the work completed is bad, just incomplete. Doesnt sound like anything but rough in has been done, the key is nothing hidden behind drywall. Relocating boxes is not difficult if necessary. The new guy might want to change a few things such as circuit lengths, maybe all 12 gauge vs 14 gauge lighting circuits, etc. I would consider all suggestions.

I respect eyeamred2u not wanting to complete anothers work, but many will, especially to establish a new relationship with a good GC or to make a little more on a job (expect to pay a little more total). If you have a set bid price with the GC, I would seriously consider a frank conversation that might cost you a little more in the end but doesn't squeeze your GC to the point of cutting corners.

I will tell you materials costs have risen crazy since April, so the longer this drags out the worse it will be for the GC if his bid was fixed.

Good luck!

I’m an electrical contractor/master electrician, pm me if you would like to talk on the phone. I’ll run you though the whole process.