My plumber wants to charge me $185 to run 2 lines from the output of my water heater. (This is not a minimum charge, it's added onto a $315 water heater install price) This seems excessive? Isn't it just a matter of inserting a "Y" connector?
(One line goes to sink, one line goes to washing machine. Old water heater was set up same way)
Anonymous
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well that rate is about right, a lot of people think of just putting stuff together and that's it. (adding a "Y") sometimes its not that simple. I'm not saying i'm agreeing with the plumber, he is probably thinking of parts cost (prices have gone up drastically). eventually you have to get it done right might as well be someone that knows, b/c you could always get anyone off the street that supposedly knows "how" for a cheaper price, but costlier in the long run!
p.s. he charging much cheaper than what, i would charge... he he
good luck
;-)
cowboydoc
There's a lot of questions your not asking. How many feet of pipe ? how many fittings ? why the replacement ? how many valves ? what does he charge per hour ?
He is getting a lot to install a water heater but I retired twelve years ago, it might have gone up. I was getting $ 45.00 an hour then. A water heater was about $200.00
Anonymous
If the old one was set up the same way then why does he need to run those lines?
Anonymous
I would hope that he's detected some problem with the existing piping and that's why he wants to replace it. It may be old galvanized piping. Hot galvanized water piping tends to fail before the cold.
But you ought to ask him why. If you aren't satisfied with the answer, tell him you want to put that off until after the holidays.