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I want to say one word to you. Just one word: Plumbing. [quote from "The Graduate"] :-) Seriously though: I have been begging plumbers to come and work on a r
by jazzyk 10y ago
I want to say one word to you. Just one word: Plumbing. [quote from "The Graduate"]
:-)
Seriously though: I have been begging plumbers to come and work on a reasonably high-priced project at my house. I reached out to 10+, no one is interested - they are booked for weeks in advance.
- justin66 10y ago> reasonably high-priced project What would it pay for them?
- jazzyk 10y agoThe one quote I was able to get - $6K, labor only. No more than 2 days of work for 1 person. All plumbers based within 10 min drive.
- antisthenes 10y agoYou're not telling the full story. $6k got me a 4 hour response of a 5 man crew with an excavator to replace a rusted section of a wastewater pipe, which involved digging 14ft down and demolishing part of my driveway (and pouring new concrete in after it was finished) > No more than 2 days of work for 1 person. You'll have us believe a plumber charges $375/hour for this project, based on the $6k quote? This is not typical, so either your project is extremely difficult or you're not telling us something else.
- hash-set 10y agoMy brother is a "plumber" but he never took the exam or whatever and got his license. It's the same thing over and over--people with ambition succeed, people who lack it do not. If he had studied and gotten that license he would have been set for life, but no, always the "helper" or taking far lower paying jobs at schools and hospitals instead.