In article , Harold & Susan Vordos says...

My honest opinion? Did you get a kiss with that screwing?

If all the work was accomplished on the job site, not in a shop, where the
components were sawn to size and assembled first, you got screwed. Based
on what you told us, even at $100/hr per man, it would be hard to
rationalize the cost. There must be more to the story. Was it fabricated
first, and the installation took the five hours?

It sounds high but for hiring workers the numbers just about
work out.

The $100 per man-hour is a bit high.

My rule of thumb is that the labor just about equals the
materials cost.

So take his 1700 and make 100 of that tax. Then the labor
was 800 and the materials were 800.

Five hours, two men, makes that 80 per man-hour.

It kind of adds up. The other way to do this is
get three bids and take the middle one. I like to
get three bids only because each craftsman who
looks at a job will have a different approach
or a different idea. Very instructive.

Jim

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