Rough cost of dish disposal removal via plumber?

Forget about getting estimates. Just ask your friends and family for the name of a plumber they trust. Once you know the plumber is reputable and honest just have them come and remove the appliances. I work for a plumbing and electrical contractor. With 2 men working we would charge around $75 for the service call and then $80 per hour labour. It should take no longer than 1 to 1.5 hours to do this job. So we would charge you around $155-$195. Removing the dishwasher will take just 15 minutes. Removing the disposal will take about the same 15 minutes. Installing new drain lines for the sink where the disposal was removed will take around 30 minutes. Cleanup and carrying out the dishwasher and disposal should take no more than another 15 minutes. This job is too small to worry about getting estimates. Just make sure the plumber is honest and reliable before you call him.

To remove the disposal and install new sink fitting and trap should be around $200.

But if you have a plugged sanitary line outside from roots, that could be an expensive issue.

Just because you remove the disposal, doesn't mean that your plumbing problems will go away.

Some trained individual needs to find out what is wrong. THEN you can get a price.

Sanitary systems usually don't work when they are plugged. A camera in the sanitary drain can see a blockage.

Has it occurred to you to ask any plumber what, if anything, they will charge to give you an estimate? All the tradespeople I've ever dealt with will come and look for nothing. If they have some travel time to get to your place, they might charge you something. Plumbers where I live charge about $80 an hour. An hour's labour should be the most you pay for a plumber to look, and that charge might be taken off the final bill if you have that person do the work.

I'm in some pretty skilled company so far, but here's my take -

starting with that I would expect a free assessment and bid.

Taking both appliances out is related (as they are commonly connected, washer into disposal), but presents different issues.

The washer has a power cord, a water supply line, and a discharge hose. These are fairly quick to disconnect, leaving only the need to cap where the supply line started, and plug where the drain hose was connected to. But some machines are a bit below remodeled floor levels, and are "captured"/"trapped" and hard to remove.

The GD has power & drain discharge connections, but would need to be actually replaced by refitting a drain basin assembly where it used to be. That could take a little more time than just removing it.

Sorry, can't guess at the cost, but hope that helped you understand the work.

No plumber should be charging more than $50 for an onsite estimate and many would deduct the estimate if they did the work, They would probably add to the cost for disposing of the dishwasher.

to remove both and replace the drain fitting and cap the dishwasher pipes is about an hour's work. Maybe two. Maybe a hundred dollar disposal fee depending where you live.

IF they charge $300 for an onsite estimate, they are CON MEN, not plumbers. It shouldn't cost $300 for the entire job.