Do any of you have a ball-park figure for what it would cost to replace an
electirc lamp post in front of my house? I suspect that there is a short i
the post itself or in the buried line leading to it from the house (around
25' from the front door). I am selling the house, and am intersted in the
approximate cost should it come up in negotiating the sales contract.

TIA, Pete K.

If it's just the lamp, I'd guess around $150. Could DIY for about $50.

If it's the feeder, that's about a days work of digging and fishing
wire; hmmmm..... anywhere from $75 to $100/hour + material.

Of course, I'm not _actually_ an electrician, so my figures are
probably correct to within +- 200%.

Of course, the other option can be accomplished with a hacksaw and some
dirt... probably run about $1.75 for some blades.

On 1/11/2005 2:22 PM US(ET), Matt took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:

Of course, the other option can be accomplished with a hacksaw and some
dirt... probably run about $1.75 for some blades.


My wife backed into a concrete filled 4" steel pipe holding up a
basketball net on the side of our driveway. No damage to the car, but
the pipe cracked at the base and was bent over a little bit. The pipe
was only a couple of years old and set in concrete. Pushing the pipe
back and forth a few times snapped it right off.. I used a small sledge
hammer to bend over the small pieces of steel sticking up at the
concrete base.
Total cost for the removal = 0.

--
Bill

Well, there ya go then!

You got a wife, Pete?

"Pete K." wrote in message
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Do any of you have a ball-park figure for what it would cost to replace an
electirc lamp post in front of my house? I suspect that there is a short
i the post itself or in the buried line leading to it from the house
(around 25' from the front door). I am selling the house, and am
intersted in the approximate cost should it come up in negotiating the
sales contract.

TIA, Pete K.

The post does NOT have to be replaced. The post is a post and it only holds
up the lamp fixture and carries a wire. What has to be replaced is
something in the circuit, be it the fixture, the switch, or perhaps a
portion of the wire at some joint. An electrician can trouble shoot it in
15 to 30 minutes and repair it in 5 minutes to 5 hours depending on the real
problem.

low offers based over little stuff for a home purchase heh ...time is
money Don't be a push over... time is money!! they're wasting
yours,,, up the total price in Counter Offer a reasonable amount to cover
wasted time. They don't want to buy from a cheapskate, and you certainly
don't have time to waste just to sell to that one person.



"Pete K." wrote in message
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Do any of you have a ball-park figure for what it would cost to replace an
electirc lamp post in front of my house? I suspect that there is a short
i
the post itself or in the buried line leading to it from the house (around
25' from the front door). I am selling the house, and am intersted in the
approximate cost should it come up in negotiating the sales contract.

TIA, Pete K.

yeah, but I don't want to damage her car.

:-)

Pete K.

"Matt" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well, there ya go then!

You got a wife, Pete?