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Getting a contractor to work on your home is ridiculously expensive too. The other day I paid $900 to replace a faucet for my tub.

• willcipriano 4y ago
  I'd love to see a breakdown of wages paid to plumbers, tilesetters and carpenters as well as all material and equipment costs vs everything else. I'd gamble it isn't even 20% of the total.
• gimoc 4y ago
  Couldn't you do it yourself? It's typically a relatively simple job, no need to get a contractor in. The tools to replace it, if you don't have them already, would have come in at a fraction of $900.
  • bergenty 4y ago
    I could and I will moving forward. My wife ended up paying him when I was at work and she had no idea what it was supposed to cost.
  • dzhiurgis 4y ago
    You can for now, while it’s legal. Electrical work is now illegal in many places.
• oceanplexian 4y ago
  I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with contractors. I had to do the exact same thing, while it wasn’t $900 it was $200-300 to have someone come out and replace a faucet. I ended up buying the tools and did it in ~20 minutes for like $20 in parts. I’ve done a lot of other projects and constantly get outrageous quotes from landscapers, plumbers, HVAC, etc. My theory is that they prey on people that don’t know any better. Less and less people know how to DIY so they have no frame of reference for the real value of labor and get scammed.