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Calling a plumber an unskilled job is incorrect. That said my plumber is about that old and had to refuse a job for me that involved swapping out a water heater
by silverquiet 2y ago
Calling a plumber an unskilled job is incorrect. That said my plumber is about that old and had to refuse a job for me that involved swapping out a water heater because he did not feel up to the task anymore.
- gunapologist99 2y agoAgreed. And he probably doesn't even have to. (Incidentally, swing by your local big box store at closing time and ask the guys in plumbing if they want to make $500 or $1000 by putting in a water heater tonight; that worked for me, anyway, even on a Friday night.) I just paid $4,000 for a very experienced plumber and his apprentice to replace a tankless water heater that I could buy new on Ebay for $1,200. That extra $2,800 was pure profit for a job that took four or five hours, and I also had to wait a day before he could fit me in.
- pintxo 2y agoSo you skilled plumber and his apprentice work for free? Their experience is also available for free? Taxes? Travel time/costs? Office costs, someone needs to schedule jobs and send out invoices?
- silverquiet 2y agoTo be fair, I’m talking about an old school fifty gallon tank type water heater. My parents just built a house with an electric tankless one and I actually laughed when I saw how tiny that is. The same plumber who refused the job for me was happy to put that in.
- gunapologist99 2y agoExactly - two guys in the plumbing dept were happy to haul it up to the attic and install it. They probably quadrupled their hourly rate for a few hours and got finished by 9pm on a Friday night.. so they probably burned through some of that $250 each shortly thereafter :)