"Free Estimates"

Those guys really mean free, so pick 3 names from your greensheet or
craigslist.org and invite them over for an estimate.

They come is all colors and sizes and some will quote flat prices
and others will quote hours/materials.



On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 21:44:19 -0800, "John" wrote:

come on people be serious. I have a handy friend that says that he replaced
a fiberglass or whatever tub with something similar, but with 4 pieces in
like 10 hours. He says that it is kind of a pain and didn't really want to
do it again.

So should I expect a rate of something like $100 a hour...so something like
$1000-$2000. Does the $100 include overhead?

Would I be quoted a flat rate, or something like a normal cost with
everything broken down? Would I be likely to see line item fees that list
semi-likely events(cracked pipes) with the amounts and how much I would have
discounted if those problems aren't encountered.


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On Mar 4, 9:36?am, "Sacramento Dave" wrote:
"Berkshire Bill" wrote in message

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"John" wrote in message
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I have a small bathroom remodel, probably about 10 hours, certainly no
more then 20 hours of work for one person. How much should I be looking
to pay a contractor? What is the labor rate, not counting hardware?

I generally won't quote if the customer is providing the material, so I
would probably bid $8000.00 if there isn't a bathtub or toilet involved.

Bill

When I was in the remodel business and the customer would know all the
answers labor time, material cost, how to do the job I would triple the
bid
because I knew what I was up against.

yeah i repair machines too much customer mucking about I raise
estimate, too many hassles.

again what needs done?

changing a toilet appears easy till you find a cracked flange, the
floor not level, the sewer line detoriating, the shut off valve to the
toilet bad, the line the valve connects too snaps off

Dont laugh it happened here, and the fellow reploacing the ceramic
tile floor managed to put a hole in a water line but it wasnt really
his fault. bad original install 50 years ago.

might as well can kill any budget.......